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50 Fen - Guangxu Pattern, silver
| Issuer | Szechuan Province |
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| Year | 1897 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A finely rendered Chinese imperial dragon occupies the central field, depicted in high relief coiling dynamically with its scaled body encircling a flaming pearl at centre, its head facing forward with open jaws and prominent horns. Stylized cloud and flame motifs fill the surrounding field. The upper legend reads SZECHUEN PROVINCE, while the lower legend reads 3 MACE AND 6 CANDAREENS, both separated by small decorative rosette stops. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded. |
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Szechuan's 1897 pattern coinage emerged from the province's attempt to establish its own mechanized mint, part of the broader push by provincial authorities in the 1890s to modernize currency production independently of Beijing. Patterns from this mint are exceptionally rare precisely because the provincial program never achieved sustained production — the central government's resistance to autonomous provincial minting kept most issues at the trial or pattern stage.
The "var." designation against KM#Pn13 signals a die or specification difference not fully catalogued in standard references. Szechuan pattern variants from this period remain incompletely attributed, and examples occasionally surface with minor legend or border differences that precede formal classification.