20 Cash - Xuantong

Xuantong's reign lasted just three years before the 1911 Revolution ended two millennia of imperial rule, and the 20 Cash issues struck under his name reflect the monetary chaos of that final period. Provincial mints were operating with varying degrees of imperial oversight, and coordination between them had effectively broken down by 1909. The Board of Revenue's ambitions for a unified national coinage went largely unrealized.

Y#21 is attributed to the Tianjin Central Mint, which was among the more disciplined operations of the late Qing system.