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50 Fen - Guangxu Pattern
| Issuer | Shensi Province |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Diameter | 33 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears four large Chinese ideograms arranged in a cruciform reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left, flanking Manchu script characters at centre. The inscription records the issuing province (Shensi), the reign title Guangxu, and the denomination expressed as 3 Mace and 6 Candareens. A further border legend in Chinese ideograms encircles the entire composition, completing the official designation of the coin as a provincial Yuanbao issue. |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed coiled Chinese imperial dragon occupies the central field, its scaled body curling sinuously around a flaming pearl, with clawed feet, flowing whiskers, and an open-mouthed frontal head rendered in high relief. Stylised clouds surround the dragon in the field. The circular legend reads 'SHEN-SI PROVINCE' along the upper arc and '3 MACE AND 6 CANDARENS' along the lower arc, separated by small decorative devices at each side. A toothed border frames the entire design. |
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Shaanxi (Shensi) Province had no functioning modern mint in 1898, which is precisely why this piece exists only as a pattern. The provincial government was exploring mechanized coinage infrastructure — a project that never materialized. Kann 156 is exceptionally rare in any form, and most examples that surface trace back to a handful of specimens that left China during the treaty-port era.