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9 Qian Bullion coinage, Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau
| Issuer | Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau |
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| Year | 1906 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears six bold Chinese characters arranged in two rows of three, reading 湖阜官 / 南南局 (Hunan Fu-Nan Monetary Bureau), rendered in a clean, formal script with strong relief. The characters are contained within a plain inner border, which is in turn surrounded by a continuous ring of raised beads forming the outer border. The design is stark and purely typographic, with no figurative elements, consistent with the utilitarian bullion coinage aesthetic of late Qing provincial mints. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays six bold Chinese characters arranged in two rows of three, reading 省平玖 / 錢紋足 (Provincial Scale Fine Silver / 9 Qian), deeply struck in high relief with a formal brushwork-derived style. The inscription is enclosed within a plain inner circle, itself surrounded by a uniform ring of raised beads at the coin's periphery. The reverse, like the obverse, is devoid of decorative imagery, emphasizing the coin's function as a certified bullion denomination of the Hunan provincial monetary system. |
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| Reverse lettering | 玖足省 錢紋平 (Translation: Provincial Scale Fine Silver / 9 Qian) |
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