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20 Fen - Guangxu Four characters, large dragon
| Issuer | Fukien Province Mint |
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| Year | 1903-1908 |
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| Reference(s) | Y#104.2 var. |
| Obverse description | Central field bears four large Chinese ideograms arranged vertically and horizontally, reading top to bottom and right to left, flanked by Manchu script characters at centre. The entire arrangement is encircled by a ring of additional Chinese ideograms forming the outer legend, which denotes the province of issue, the reign title of the Guangxu Emperor, and the denomination in traditional weight units. The design is rendered in low relief with a beaded inner border framing the inscriptions. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Fukien's silver production in this period was notoriously inconsistent. The provincial mint at Foochow operated under persistent quality-control problems, and the .820 fineness itself reflects a deliberate reduction from the standard used by other provincial mints — a locally sanctioned deviation that created ongoing friction with the imperial Board of Revenue in Beijing, which was attempting to enforce uniformity across all provincial silver coinage during exactly these years.
The "var." designation against Y#104.2 most likely indicates a die difference in the four-character obverse inscription, of which several distinct punch combinations are documented for Fukien issues of this type.