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1 Tael
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Weight | 32.26 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a dynamic scene of a five-clawed Imperial dragon in flight amid clouds in the upper portion, with a galloping horse traversing an open plain below. The composition is rendered in high relief with fine detail throughout the pictorial field. No legend or inscription appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | Within a central dotted inner circle, four large Chinese characters arranged in a cruciform pattern read 大清軍餉 (Da Qing Jun Xiang, meaning 'Great Qing Military Provisions'), flanking a small yin-yang symbol at centre. An outer annular band contains four smaller Chinese characters — 壹臺兩清 — interspersed with four decorative floral and foliate motifs in artistic relief. The entire design is enclosed within a finely reeded border. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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