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Dollar - Tzu Hsi Sichuan
| Location | Szechuan Province (Chinese provinces) |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Period | Qing Dynasty |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu Hsi) in high relief, wearing elaborate imperial ceremonial headdress adorned with beaded ornaments and pendant tassels, dressed in richly embroidered court robes with floral and geometric motifs. The portrait occupies the majority of the field, with a beaded inner border and milled outer edge. |
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| Reverse description | Central legend in four Chinese characters arranged in a two-by-two grid within an open field, surrounded by a dense and elaborate relief design of scrolling floral and foliate vines covering the entire field. A small rosette device appears at the center of the character arrangement. The composition closely echoes the style of contemporary Tibetan and Indian rupees, with a beaded inner border and milled outer edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | 四川省造 (Translation: Made in Sichuan Province) |
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