100 Cash Kansu imitation

During the chaotic transition from Qing rule to the early Republic, provincial authorities and private workshops across Kansu (Gansu) produced imitation cash pieces to address acute copper shortages — the central mint infrastructure had largely collapsed, and local commerce couldn't wait for Beijing to sort itself out. These pieces were never officially sanctioned, and attributing them to a single issuing authority is largely a convenience of cataloging rather than a historical reality.