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10 Fen - Guangxu Pattern
| Issuer | Chekiang Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears four large Chinese ideograms arranged in a vertical and horizontal cross pattern, reading top to bottom and right to left, flanking a central panel of Manchu script characters. The entire central motif is encircled by an outer ring of additional Chinese ideograms forming the peripheral legend. The inscription denotes the issuing province, the reign title of Emperor Guangxu, and the denomination expressed as 7.2 Candareens weight. The design follows the standard format adopted for Qing dynasty provincial coinage of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese, Manchu |
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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.