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10 Fen Guangxu restrike
| Issuer | Yunnan Province Mint |
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| Year | 1911-1915 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1908-1949) |
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| Obverse lettering | 雲南省造 光 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ 寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元 ᡩᠣᡵᠣ 緒 釐二分七平庫 (Translation: Made in Yunnan Province Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Worth 7.2 Candareens (weight)) |
| Reverse description | A coiled five-clawed imperial dragon occupies the central field, depicted facing forward with head prominent at centre and body curling around a flaming pearl. The dragon is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with a six-petalled rosette positioned in the field to the left and another to the right of the dragon. The broad flat rim beyond the beaded border is plain and unlettered. The relief is moderate and the dragon's scales, claws, and facial features are rendered with typical Yunnan provincial die engraving style. |
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Yunnan's provincial mint produced these pieces not for circulation but to satisfy foreign demand — primarily from French Indochina traders who had grown accustomed to fractional silver in cross-border commerce along the Yunnan-Tonkin routes. The Guangxu reign title was retained on restrikes produced well after the emperor's death in 1908 and the dynasty's collapse in 1912, a deliberate anachronism meant to maintain trade familiarity rather than reflect any political reality.
The Y#255 series is notoriously difficult to date precisely within the production window, as dies were reused without modification across the Republican transitional years.