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7 Mace - Guangxu Bullion coinage
| Issuer | Kirin Province Mint |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | 官吉光 局林緒 監機十 製器年 (Translation: Guangxu, 10th Year Kirin machinery Official production Mint) |
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| Reverse script | Chinese/Manchu |
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Kirin Province's silver bullion coinage of the 1880s predates the standardized dragon dollar series and occupies an awkward transitional moment in Qing monetary policy — the dynasty was still debating whether to adopt western-style milled coinage nationally or continue relying on sycee silver. These Kirin pieces were struck to a tael-based weight standard rather than the dollar standard that would later dominate, making them functionally incompatible with the provincial coinages that followed within a decade.
The Kirin mint operated under significant technical constraints in this period, and early issues show inconsistencies in planchet preparation traceable to the machinery imported from Japan.