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5 Cash - Guangxu An-hwei
| Issuer | Anhwei Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Chinese, Manchu |
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| Reverse description | A coiled imperial dragon is depicted in high relief at the centre of the field, rendered in the typical late Qing provincial style with detailed scales, claws, and flowing whiskers, facing forward with a flaming pearl below its head. The dragon is enclosed within an inner beaded circle. The English legend 'AN-HWEI' arcs along the upper periphery and 'FIVE CASH' along the lower, separated by six-pointed rosette ornaments at each side. A toothed outer border frames the entire design. |
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Anhwei Province's copper cash issues of the early 1900s emerged from a broader Qing imperial push to modernize provincial minting, but Anhwei's operation was notoriously inconsistent — the provincial mint struggled with equipment reliability and funding throughout its short operational window. Y#35 is among the more elusive of the Anhwei machine-struck issues, with surviving examples frequently showing uneven strikes attributable to the mint's mechanical difficulties rather than die fatigue.