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10 Fen - Guangxu Four characters
| Issuer | Chekiang Province Mint |
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| Year | 1898-1899 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1896-1940) |
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| Obverse description | Four large Chinese ideograms arranged vertically and horizontally in the central field, reading top to bottom and right to left, flanked by Manchu script characters at centre. The entire central device is encircled by a border of additional Chinese ideograms forming the provincial and reign-title legend. The design is rendered in low relief against a flat field, following the standard format of late Qing provincial coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Chekiang's mint at Hangzhou was among the later provincial facilities brought online during the Self-Strengthening Movement's push to modernize Chinese coinage, and its early output reflects the administrative friction of that process. The Y#52.4 variety is distinguished by the four-character Manchu inscription identifying the issuing authority — a deliberate bureaucratic choice that set it apart from otherwise similar provincial issues of the same period.
Production ceased after roughly two years, likely displaced by the broader consolidation of provincial minting under increasing central pressure following the Hundred Days' Reform of 1898.