10 Fen Pattern, Guangxu restrike, copper

Yunnan's 10 fen copper patterns occupy an awkward historical bracket — struck either in the final months of Qing rule or the opening years of the Republic, with the Guangxu reign title retained long after the emperor himself had died in 1908. Whether these were produced under provincial mint initiative or as deliberate political hedging during the 1911 transition remains debated. Kann's attribution and the L&M listing treat them as restrikes rather than circulation issues, meaning they were never intended to move through trade at face value.