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3 Qian Bullion coinage, Changsha Chien-Yi Firm, normal Wu
| Issuer | Changsha Chien-Yi Firm (長沙乾益字號) |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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The Changsha Chien-Yi Firm was one of several Hunanese private money shops (錢莊) operating during the final convulsions of the Qing monetary system, when the central government's inability to standardize coinage created a vacuum filled by local commercial issuers. These privately struck silver pieces circulated on the strength of the issuing firm's commercial reputation rather than any state guarantee — a fragile arrangement that collapsed entirely within a few years as Republican-era reforms swept away the old credit networks.
The "normal Wu" designation distinguishes this die from a variant with a modified character form, a distinction first systematically documented by Eduard Kann in his cataloging of Chinese silver.