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20 Cash - Xuantong
Country: China - Empire
(China)
Denomination: 20 Cash
(0.02)
Year: 1909
Material: Copper
Weight: 11.26 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 33.5 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: china empirechina
Description:
Obverse
Incuse Chinese symbol, the mint mark and abbreviated name for the Fengtien province mint in center of a raised circular frame, Chinese symbols 大 清 铜 币 (top-down-right-left) "da qing tong bi" (or "Tai-ch'ing T'ung-pi" = "bronze coin of the great Qing (Dynasty)") within beaded circle and on top four characters in Manchu outside circle; characters at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock position for the Board of Revenue mint; beneath, also outside circle, value in Chinese characters near the bottom of the coin 制 钱 二 十 文 "dang zhi qian èr shi wen" which means the coin is worth two (times) ten cash coins
Reverse
”宣 統 年 造- Hsüan-t'ung nian zao (or Nien-tsao)” means "minted during the Hsüan-t'ung years" in Chinese characters), dragon within a beaded circle, large incuse swirl on pearl
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