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10 Fen - Guangxu
| Issuer | Kirin Province |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1898-1909) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the numeral '1' flanked by four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform reading top to bottom and right to left, identifying the denomination. Surrounding the central motif is a circular band of additional Chinese inscriptions denoting the issuing province, reign year, emperor's reign title, and the weight standard of 7.2 candareens. The legends are rendered in a crisp, mechanical style consistent with late Qing milled coinage. The overall design is characteristic of the provincial Yuanbao series issued under the Guangxu Emperor during the final years of the Qing dynasty. |
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| Reverse lettering | KIRIN PROVINCE ᡩᠠᡳᠴᡳᠩ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ CANDARINS 7.2 (Translation: Great Qing) |
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Kirin Province's silver fen issues of the late Qing period were struck at the Kirin mint, one of the provincial facilities established as part of the Guangxu-era modernization push that brought Western coining machinery into Chinese minting practice. The province's output was chronically inconsistent — Kirin is particularly known for a proliferation of die varieties across its silver series, and Y#180c represents one of several recognized sub-types within this denomination alone.
By 1908, the Guangxu Emperor was effectively powerless, with the Empress Dowager Cixi controlling the court until her death in November of that year — the Emperor died the day before her, almost certainly poisoned.