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20 Fen - Guangxu Uncircled dragon, redesigned dragon
| Issuer | Kiangnan Province |
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| Year | 1899-1905 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1898-1949) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears four large Chinese ideograms arranged top to bottom, read right to left, flanked by Manchu script characters at centre. The entire central motif is encircled by an outer ring of additional Chinese ideograms forming the reign title, denomination, and weight inscriptions. The legends identify the issuing province, the Guangxu Emperor's reign title, and the weight standard of 1 Mace and 4.4 Candareens. The design is rendered in a formal, imperial style consistent with late Qing dynasty provincial coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Kiangnan's mint at Shanghai was among the most technically sophisticated in Qing China, having been established with foreign machinery in 1897. The dragon design on this type was revised multiple times in quick succession — the variants catalogued under Y#143a reflect iterative die changes rather than distinct policy decisions, making date-and-variety attribution genuinely difficult even with reference material in hand. Kiangnan silver consistently tested above its stated fineness, a function of provincial pride and the mint's German-trained assayers.