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50 Fen - Guangxu Pei Yang
| Issuer | Chihli Province |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Value | 50 Fen (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features four large Chinese ideograms arranged in a cruciform reading top to bottom and right to left, flanked by Manchu script characters at centre. The composition is enclosed within a border of additional Chinese ideograms forming an inner legend denoting the reign title, mint authority, and denomination in traditional weight equivalents. The overall layout is formal and symmetrical, consistent with late Qing dynasty imperial coinage conventions. |
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| Obverse lettering | 造洋北 光 ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ 寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元 ᡩᠣᡵᠣ 緒 分六錢三平庫 (Translation: Made at Pei Yang Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency) Worth 3 Mace and 6 Candareens (weight)) |
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Pei Yang — "Northern Ocean" — was the administrative machinery through which Li Hongzhang and his successors modernized China's coastal defenses, and its arsenal at Tianjin operated the mint that struck this issue. The 1899 date places production squarely under Yuan Shikai, who had taken control of Chihli Province following Li's death and was simultaneously building the New Army that would eventually bring down the Qing dynasty itself.
The Pei Yang silver series is notorious for die inconsistencies across years, and the 1899 emission is no exception — multiple reverse die variations are documented in the Y#72 type.