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5 Jiao
| Issuer | Szechuan Province |
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| Year | 1912-1913 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a single Chinese character rendered in archaic Seal script (篆書), enclosed within a beaded inner ring. The surrounding annular border bears additional Chinese ideograms forming the principal legend, reading the year of issue and the Republic of China designation. The overall composition is concentric, with the Seal script character serving as the dominant design element within a plain field. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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Szechuan Province struck its own silver coinage in the chaotic opening years of the Republic, operating with considerable autonomy from the nascent central government in Beijing. The provincial mint at Chengdu had been producing coins under the Qing and simply continued under new political arrangements, with minimal interruption. Central monetary authority over the provinces was, at this point, largely theoretical.
Y#455 is among the heavier provincial issues of this fractional denomination, reflecting Szechuan's independent weight standards rather than any unified national specification.