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5 Fen Pattern, 'Fat Man dollar' type, copper-nickel
| Issuer | Republic of China |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse lettering | 年三國民華中 (Translation: Year 3 of the Republic of China) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Fat Man dollar" takes its name from the Yuan Shikai portrait used on the silver dollar of 1914, issued after Yuan consolidated power and formalized his presidency. This 5 fen pattern was part of a broader effort to rationalize China's fractional coinage alongside that dollar issue. Patterns in copper-nickel from this series were struck in limited numbers as proposed subsidiary pieces; most never advanced to circulation strikes, leaving survivors almost exclusively in institutional or long-held private collections.
The Kann 815 variant designation signals a die or compositional divergence from the primary pattern listing — the specifics of which remain incompletely documented in the literature.