2 Jiao - Guangxu Kirin type

The Kirin Mint operated in Manchuria's Jilin province, and its output reflects the administrative fragility of the Qing dynasty's final decade. By 1909, the dynasty was two years from collapse, and provincial mints across China were producing silver coinage with little central coordination — weights, fineness, and designs varied significantly between issues, undermining the monetary unification the Qing court had been attempting since the 1890s.

The .820 fineness is notably lower than the .890 standard adopted by most other provincial mints, a discrepancy that generated complaints from merchants and helped fuel distrust of Kirin silver generally.