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50 Cash Brass
| Issuer | Szechuan Province |
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| Year | 1912-1914 |
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| Weight | 18.20 g |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a stylised floral rosette motif. Four large Chinese ideograms are arranged vertically and read from top to bottom, right to left, flanking the central flower. A surrounding circular legend, reading from right to left, incorporates additional characters identifying the issuing authority and denomination. The inscriptions collectively read '四川軍政府造' (Made by the Szechuan Military Government) and '當制錢五十文銅幣' (Copper coin worth 50 cash currency), disposed concentrically around the central device. |
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Szechuan was one of the most politically volatile provinces during the early Republic, and its provincial mint operated with considerable autonomy from central authority in these years. The 50 Cash denomination in brass was part of a broader effort by provincial authorities to fill the monetary vacuum left by the collapse of Qing currency infrastructure — a stopgap measure that itself became chaotic, with multiple provinces issuing incompatible local coinages simultaneously.
Y#449a distinguishes this brass striking from related copper issues, a small but commercially significant detail given how frequently the two compositions are conflated at auction.