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5 Fen Pattern, 'Fat Man dollar' type, nickel, with G.L.
| Issuer | Republic of China |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears two large Chinese characters 伍分 (Five Fen) enclosed within a finely detailed wreath of leaves and flowers tied at the base with a ribbon bow. Above the wreath, a horizontal legend of five characters reads 每二十枚當圓一 (20 pieces equal 1 Yuan), flanked to the left by 圓一 and to the right by 當枚. The engraver's initials G.L. (for Luigi Giorgi) appear in the lower field below the wreath. The entire design is contained within the same ornamental dot-and-dash border as the obverse. |
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In 1914, Yuan Shikai's government commissioned pattern coinage in multiple denominations and metals as part of a broader monetary reform effort — the same program that produced the iconic "Fat Man" dollar bearing his portrait. The nickel 5 fen patterns were never adopted for circulation; the final subsidiary coinage system favored copper for low denominations. The "G.L." attribution refers to Giorgio Giorgi and L. Giorgi, the Italian engravers contracted through the mint advisory process, whose initials appear on select pattern varieties and distinguish Kann#815b from closely related pieces.