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10 Fen - Guangxu Six characters
| Issuer | Anhwei Province Mint |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1897-1949) |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a sinuous five-clawed imperial dragon rendered in relief, shown in profile and coiling upon itself with scales finely detailed across the body. The dragon's head faces left with an open mouth, horns, and flowing whiskers, while one claw grasps a flaming pearl positioned at centre. The coiled tail extends to the lower right, with stylised cloud and flame scrolls filling the field. The circumferential Latin legend reads 'AN-HWEI PROVINCE' along the upper arc and '7.2 CANDAREENS' along the lower arc, separated by dot or rosette stops. The design is contained within a beaded inner border adjacent to the reeded edge. |
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| Edge | Reeded. |
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Anhwei's provincial mint was among the earlier adopters of machine-struck silver in China, established in the early 1890s under reformist pressure to modernize currency production and undercut the flood of foreign trade dollars circulating in interior markets. The Y#42.4 variety is distinguished by its six-character reverse inscription rather than the four-character version, a distinction that reflects ongoing administrative debate within the province over how to render issuing authority in the coin's legend.
Provincial silver of this period survives unevenly — much was reminted during subsequent monetary consolidations under the Qing central government's standardization efforts after 1905.