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20 Fen - Guangxu Pattern, brass, Feng-tien
| Issuer | Fengtien Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | 造省天奉 光 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ 寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元 ᡩᠣᡵᠣ 緒 釐四分四錢一平庫 (Translation: Made in Fengtien Province Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Worth 1 Mace and 4.4 Candareens (weight)) |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts a sinuous coiled Chinese imperial dragon in high relief, its scaly body writhing and filling the field, with a flaming pearl positioned beneath its head at centre. The dragon's head faces left with an open jaw, claws extended, and a long flowing tail curving to the lower right, rendered in fine detail characteristic of late Qing provincial pattern coinage. The surrounding English-language legend is arranged along the periphery in two segments, reading 'FENG-TIEN PROVINCE' at the top and '1 MACE AND 4.4 CANDAREENS' at the bottom, separated by small rosette or star ornaments at each side. The entire design is contained within a toothed or beaded border running the full circumference of the coin. |
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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.