10 Fen - Guangxu

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.