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20 Fen - Guangxu Pattern, brass, Feng-tien
| Issuer | Fengtien Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Value | 20 Fen (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features four large Chinese ideograms arranged in a cruciform pattern reading top to bottom and right to left, flanked by Manchu script characters at centre. The entire central device is encircled by a continuous border of Chinese ideograms denoting the reign title, province of issue, and denomination in traditional weight units. The inscription identifies the issuing authority as Fengtien Province and attributes the coin to the Guangxu reign era. The design follows the conventional layout of late Qing dynasty provincial coinage, with the legends arranged in concentric registers separated by the inner and outer fields. |
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| Reverse lettering | FENG-TIEN PROVINCE 1 MACE AND 4.4 CANDAREENS |
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Fengtien's 1902 pattern issues were produced as the province explored mechanized coinage under the Qing modernization program, with the Fengtian Arsenal mint experimenting with both composition and denomination ahead of any authorized circulation strike. Brass patterns from this series were almost certainly struck in very small numbers as test pieces for official review — KM#Pn3 is among the least documented of the group, with confirmed examples rare enough that auction appearances remain isolated events.
Fengtien sat at the center of Russo-Japanese rivalry in Manchuria during exactly this period, and the provincial administration's push for independent minting capacity was partly a response to that instability.