6 Qian Bullion coinage, Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau

The Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau in Hunan was one of several provincial minting operations established in the late Qing period as Beijing's grip on monetary standardization loosened. This 6 qian piece sits outside the main dragon dollar series and was produced as a bullion denomination — a deliberate response to local silver trade demands rather than any centrally mandated coinage reform. Kann 946 is sparsely represented in auction records, suggesting limited original production or aggressive melting once the bureau's output was superseded.