20 Cash - Xuantong Ministry of Revenue, Manchu: Guangxu

€246,040.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1909
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value20 Cash (0.02)
CurrencyYuan (1903-1912)
CompositionCopper
Weight11.26 g
Dimensions34 mm
Thickness1.5 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#21t.2
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酉 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᠷᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡩᠣᠷᠣ ᡳ ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠᡳ ᠸᡝᡳᠯᡝᡥᡝ 己 部度支 大 幣川銅 清 文十二錢制當
(Translation: Guangxu (Emperor) / Made in the Year 46 Ministry of Revenue (minting authority) Great Qing`s copper currency / Szechuan (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造年統宣 TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN
(Translation: Made in the reign of Xuantong (Emperor) Copper coin of the Great Qing Empire)
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Mintage46 (1909) 川 - 酉己: Y#21t.2: Szechuan Mint -
Catalog ID2111197600
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