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3 Qian Bullion coinage, Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau, official San
| Issuer | Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau |
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| Year | 1906 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Six bold Chinese characters rendered in relief within a plain inner circle, reading 湖阜官 / 南南局 (Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau), arranged in two rows across the field. The legends are incuse-struck in a direct, utilitarian style typical of late Qing provincial bullion issues. The inner circle is enclosed by a second concentric circle, beyond which runs a prominent outer border of evenly spaced raised beads. The flan is notably irregular and convex, consistent with hand-struck or primitive milled bullion production of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau in Hunan was one of several provincial minting operations established in the late Qing period as Beijing's grip on monetary production loosened. This particular 3 qian bullion piece dates to 1906, the same year the Qing central government issued sweeping new regulations attempting to standardize coinage across all provinces — regulations the bureaus largely ignored in practice. The "official San" designation distinguishes it from merchant-struck issues circulating alongside it.