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10 Fen - Guangxu 7.2 Candareens
| Issuer | Kwangtung Province Mint |
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| Year | 1889 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | KWANG-TUNG PROVINCE 光 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ 寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元 ᡩᠣᡵᠣ 緒 7.2 CANDAREENS (Translation: Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency)) |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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Kwangtung was the first Chinese provincial mint to produce machine-struck silver coinage on a Western model, having imported presses from the Birmingham Mint in 1889 — the very year this piece was struck. The decision came directly from Viceroy Zhang Zhidong, who had spent years lobbying the Qing court to modernize provincial finance after watching foreign trade dollars dominate South China's commercial economy.
The "7.2 Candareens" denomination reflects a deliberate fractional relationship to the standard Kuping tael, though the system never achieved the uniformity its designers intended. Within a decade, conflicting provincial standards had made interregional exchange a chronic headache for merchants across the empire.