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20 Fen - Guangxu Four characters
| Uitgever | Chekiang Province Mint |
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| Jaar | 1898-1899 |
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| Oriëntatie | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central field bears four large Chinese ideograms arranged in a cruciform pattern reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left, flanking a pair of Manchu script characters at centre. The surrounding annular legend consists of additional Chinese ideograms denoting the provincial authority, reign title, and denomination. A beaded inner border separates the central device from the outer legend, with a plain raised rim enclosing the entire design. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Chinese, Manchu |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Chekiang's (Zhejiang's) provincial mint was among the later entrants into China's machine-struck silver coinage program, which had been rolling out unevenly across provincial mints since Guangdong led the way in 1889. The Y#53.7 variety is distinguished by the four-character obverse designation rather than the more common longer inscriptions, a detail that reflects the lack of standardization across provincial issues of this period — each mint effectively improvised within loose central guidelines.
The 1898–1899 window was a politically turbulent one: the Hundred Days' Reform ended in a coup that September, with the Empress Dowager Cixi reasserting control and placing the Guangxu Emperor under house arrest.