20 Cash - Guangxu With minting authority, brass

€243,413.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1905-1906
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value20 Cash (0.02)
CurrencyYuan (1903-1912)
CompositionBrass
Weight
Dimensions32 mm
Thickness1.5 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#11e
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left, with Manchu characters above and more ideograms around.
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu
Obverse lettering午 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᠷᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡩᠣᠷᠣ ᡳ ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠᡳ ᠸᡝᡳᠯᡝᡥᡝ 丙 部戶 大 幣滇銅 清 文十二錢制當
(Translation: Guangxu (Emperor) / Made in the Year 43 Ministry of Revenue (minting authority) Great Qing`s copper currency / Yunnan (mint) Currency worth 20 Cash (Wen))
Reverse descriptionDragon with pearl at centre with Chinese ideograms above and English legend below.
Reverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script), Latin
Reverse lettering造年緒光 TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN.
(Translation: Made in the reign of Guangxu (Emperor) Copper coin of the Great Qing Empire)
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Mintage42 (1905) 奉 - 巳乙: Y#11e: Fengtien Mint -
43 (1906) 滇 - 午丙: Y#11v.1a: Yunnan Mint -
43 (1906) 蘇 - 午丙: Y#11n.1a: Kiangsu Mint -
Catalog ID1792543700
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