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2 Qian Bullion coinage, Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau
| Issuer | Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau |
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| Year | 1906 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
| Reverse lettering | 貳省 錢平 (Translation: Provincial Scale / 2 Qian) |
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The Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau was one of several provincial minting operations established in the final decade of the Qing dynasty as Beijing's central monetary authority progressively lost its grip on coinage production. Fu-Nan issues from this period occupy an awkward position in Chinese numismatics — produced under nominal imperial sanction but reflecting the fiscal independence that would accelerate dynastic collapse within a few years.
Kann 950 is among the less frequently encountered Fu-Nan silver pieces, with surviving examples concentrated in a narrow grade band suggesting limited but genuine circulation.