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20 Fen - Xuantong Imitation of Manchurian Provinces
| Issuer | Shansi Province |
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| Year | 1911-1913 |
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| Reference(s) | Y#217 |
| Obverse description | Central field bears four large Chinese ideograms arranged vertically and read top to bottom, right to left, forming the imperial reign title and denomination. These central characters are encircled by a band of additional Chinese ideograms denoting the province of issue, the monetary standard, and the weight value expressed in mace and candareens. The overall layout follows the classical Chinese cash-coin and provincial silver tradition, with all inscriptions confined within a plain border. |
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| Mintage | ND (1911-1913) |
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Shansi (Shanxi) Province never operated a mint with the capacity to strike silver coinage of its own design, so it did what several inland provinces did during the chaotic transition from Qing to Republic: it borrowed the dies — or close imitations of them — from the Manchurian provincial type. The resulting pieces are technically unofficial, struck on provincial authority without central board sanction, and circulated alongside legitimate Manchurian issues in a region where distinguishing the two was neither practical nor particularly important to the average merchant.
Y#217 specimens vary noticeably in die quality, a predictable outcome of improvised production during a period when the imperial minting infrastructure had effectively collapsed.