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5 Fen - Guangxu Pattern
| Issuer | Chekiang Province |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A finely engraved imperial Chinese dragon occupies the central field, depicted in dynamic coiled posture facing forward with claws extended and a flaming pearl at centre. The dragon is rendered in high relief with detailed scaling, whiskers, and cloud or wave motifs beneath, consistent with the standard late Qing provincial dragon type. The circumferential English legend is divided at top and bottom by small floral or dot ornaments, encircled by a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded. |
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Chekiang (Zhejiang) was among the provincial mints experimenting with small silver subsidiary coinage in the early 1900s, attempting to rationalize a currency system badly fragmented by regional tael standards and foreign trade dollars. This piece is a pattern — it never entered circulation — and the Kann reference places it firmly in the exploratory issues that preceded any formal provincial coinage authorization. The Beijing central government's resistance to provincial silver standardization meant most such patterns died exactly here: as struck specimens in a drawer.