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20 Cash - Guangxu
| Issuer | Szechuan Province |
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| Year | 1903-1905 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 造局官川四 光 寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元 緒 文十二錢當枚每 (Translation: Made at the Szechuan Mint Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Yuanbao (Original currency) Each piece worth 20 Cash currency) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Szechuan's copper cash issues of this period emerged from the province's effort to modernize its coinage infrastructure following the Qing court's 1900 decree authorizing provincial mints to produce machine-struck copper coins. The Chengdu mint was notoriously inconsistent in its output, and Szechuan 20 cash pieces show wider die variety than almost any comparable provincial issue — collar alignment problems and planchet irregularities are documented features of the series, not signs of damage.
The 20 cash denomination was politically contentious; Beijing repeatedly pressured provinces to limit high-denomination copper to curb inflation, and Szechuan's continued production through 1905 reflected how loosely central authority was being observed by that point.