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3 Qian Bullion coinage, Hunan Official Monetary Bureau
| Issuer | Hunan Official Monetary Bureau |
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| Year | 1906 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears six Chinese characters arranged in three rows of two, reading 湖南 / 官錢 / 局造 (Hunan Official Monetary Bureau / Made), rendered in bold, incuse-style relief within a plain inner circle. The legend is enclosed by a beaded border running along the coin's periphery, lending a clean, formal appearance typical of Qing-era provincial silver issues. The flat, unadorned field emphasizes the inscriptions as the sole decorative element. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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The Hunan Official Monetary Bureau was established in the early 1900s as one of several provincially-operated institutions attempting to regulate silver coinage outside the imperial mint system at a time when provincial financial autonomy was actively contested by Beijing. The 3 Qian denomination places this piece within a bullion-weight series calibrated to local commercial convention rather than the dragon dollar standard that dominated coastal trade.
Kann 954 is among the less-documented provincial bullion issues, which suggests limited surviving examples reached Western collections in the early 20th century when Kann compiled his reference.