10 Fen - Guangxu Pattern

Chekiang's silver pattern coinage of 1902 occupies an awkward moment in Chinese provincial minting history — the dynasty was actively resisting standardization pressure from Beijing while simultaneously trying to legitimize its own mint operations. This piece was never approved for circulation. Pattern status here almost certainly reflects rejection at the provincial level rather than a preliminary trial, a distinction that matters for understanding why so few examples survive outside institutional collections.

Kann's attribution as 122-I indicates a first die variety in his classification — and Kann was meticulous enough about Chekiang issues that the Roman numeral suffix carries weight.