Produced in the final months of the Qing dynasty, this pattern was struck as the imperial government scrambled to modernize and centralize coin production — a project rendered immediately moot by the Wuchang Uprising of October 1911. Xuantong, the child emperor Puyi, was barely six years old when these trial pieces were being evaluated.
Hsu#32 documents a small survivor pool; patterns from this period were never approved for circulation, and most were either melted or dispersed as the dynasty collapsed within weeks of their striking.
Produced in the final months of the Qing dynasty, this pattern was struck as the imperial government scrambled to modernize and centralize coin production — a project rendered immediately moot by the Wuchang Uprising of October 1911. Xuantong, the child emperor Puyi, was barely six years old when these trial pieces were being evaluated.
Hsu#32 documents a small survivor pool; patterns from this period were never approved for circulation, and most were either melted or dispersed as the dynasty collapsed within weeks of their striking.