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| Issuer | Beiyang Mint (Chihli Province) |
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| Year | 1906 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1896-1940) |
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| Obverse lettering | ᠪᠠᡩᠠᠷᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡩᠣᠷᠣ ᡳ᠋ ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 光緒元寶 北洋 當制錢二十文 |
| Reverse description | Central device features a front-facing imperial Chinese dragon in high relief, depicted with scaled body coiling symmetrically, fiery mane, and clawed forelimbs flanking a flaming pearl at centre. The dragon is surrounded by stylised clouds and waves at the base. An inner beaded circle frames the dragon motif. The upper outer legend reads PEI YANG and the lower outer legend reads TWENTY CASH in Latin characters, separated by rosette or dot stops, all between the beaded circle and the milled rim. |
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| Mintage | ND (1906) - Y#68: Regular lettering - ND (1906) - Y#68.1: Smaller lettering - |
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