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4 Qian Bullion coinage, Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau
| Issuer | Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau |
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| Year | 1906 |
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| Weight | 14.20 g |
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| Reverse description | Plain central field bearing six large Chinese characters arranged in two rows of three, reading 省足四 / 平紋錢 (Provincial Scale Fine Silver / 4 Qian), denoting the denomination and fineness standard of the bullion piece. The characters are engraved in a bold calligraphic style consistent with late Qing provincial mint practice. As on the obverse, the legend is surrounded by a plain inner circle and an outer border of uniformly spaced raised beads. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau (阜南官錢局) was one of several provincial monetary institutions established during the late Qing reformist push to rationalize local currency production. Hunan's bureau issued silver bullion pieces alongside copper cash at a moment when the central government was simultaneously trying to suppress provincial minting autonomy — a contradiction that defined currency policy in the final decade of the dynasty.
Kann 948 is among the less frequently encountered bureau issues, reflecting limited production runs typical of these transitional silver pieces before Yuan Shikai-era standardization displaced them entirely.