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5 Fen - Guangxu Pattern, Hu Poo, gold
| Issuer | Hu Poo (Board of Revenue Mint, Beijing) |
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| Year | 1903 |
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| Value | 5 Fen (0.05) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears four large Chinese ideograms arranged in a vertical boustrophedon reading (top to bottom, right to left), identifying the emperor and denomination. Manchu script appears in the upper portion of the field, while additional Chinese characters denoting the issuing authority (Board of Revenue) and face value are positioned in the lower portion. The legend is rendered in formal regular script (kaishu) typical of Qing imperial coinage. The entire design is contained within a plain inner border, with a toothed milled rim encircling the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡩᠣᡵᠣ ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 光 寶元 緒 部戶 分五平庫 (Translation: Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Board of Revenue (minting authority) Worth 5 Fen) |
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The Hu Poo mint in Beijing produced a series of pattern coins in 1903 as part of a broader Qing imperial effort to rationalize China's chaotic multi-mint coinage system — each provincial mint was striking to its own standards, and the Board of Revenue was under pressure to establish centralized control. These gold patterns were never intended for circulation; they were presentation pieces, almost certainly struck for official review or foreign demonstration purposes.
The "var." designation against KM#Pn290 is significant. Pattern coinage from this mint in this period is notoriously difficult to attribute precisely, with small die differences separating distinct catalog entries entirely.