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5 Yuan Support the Republic, with '2'
| Issuer | Yunnan Province |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Yunnan's 1919 gold issues were produced under Tang Jiyao, the warlord-governor who dominated the province after helping suppress the short-lived Hongxian Empire of Yuan Shikai. The "Support the Republic" inscription was less a civic declaration than a political one — Tang used such coinage to project legitimacy and fund military operations during a period when Yunnan operated with near-total autonomy from Beijing.
The '2' privy mark distinguishes this piece within a series struck in multiple numbered varieties, likely denoting a specific die pairing or production batch. Yunnan's mint records from this era are fragmentary at best.