2 Jiao Type 2

Fukien province maintained its own mint well into the Republican period, issuing provincial silver largely independent of central government oversight. The 1923 date falls during a stretch of particularly unstable warlord competition in Fujian, when provincial coinage served practical monetary needs that Beijing could not reliably meet. Fukien silver of this period is frequently encountered with heavy chopmarks, reflecting active commercial use across coastal trade networks connecting Fuzhou, Amoy, and the broader South China Sea merchant routes.