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Fantasy Dollar - Hung Hsien
| Issuer | China, Republic of |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1912-1948) |
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| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Mintage | 1916: ND (1916) |
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The Hung Hsien dollar was struck to celebrate Yuan Shikai's self-proclaimed imperial reign, which lasted a mere 83 days before he was forced to abdicate in March 1916 amid military rebellions and near-universal political opposition. These pieces were never issued for circulation — produced as presentation or fantasy strikes, they exist in a numismatic gray zone between official coinage and political propaganda. Yuan died shortly after his abdication, in June of the same year.