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100 Cash Copper
| Issuer | Szechuan Provincial Military Government |
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| Year | 1913-1914 |
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| Weight | 21.50 g |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a decorative floral rosette motif. Four large Chinese ideograms arranged in a cruciform pattern reading top to bottom and right to left dominate the inner zone, with the central rosette serving as a visual divider. An outer legend encircling the periphery carries additional characters denoting the issuing authority and denomination. The full inscription reads 造府政軍四 幣銅川文百錢制當, indicating manufacture by the Szechuan Provincial Military Government and a denomination of 100 Cash. The composition balances calligraphic text with the central floral element in a disciplined, formal arrangement typical of Republican-era Chinese provincial coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | 造府政軍 四 幣 銅 川 文百錢制當 (Translation: Made by the Provincial Army Szechuan / Copper coin Worth 100 Cash currency) |
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The Szechuan Provincial Military Government came into existence following the 1911 Wuchang Uprising, and the province had been among the most turbulent theaters of the Republican revolution — the Railway Protection Movement that directly triggered the uprising originated there. These large-denomination cash pieces were struck to address an acute shortage of subsidiary coinage during the chaotic transition from Qing administration, when the new provincial authorities needed to assert fiscal control quickly and the existing monetary infrastructure had effectively collapsed.
Production spanned only the two-year window before the provincial military government was consolidated into the broader Republican framework. Known die variations exist within the Y#450 type.