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10 Cash - Xuantong Brass
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Empire of China |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | 年三統宣 十 文 圓一幣銀換枚百 (Translation: Year 3 of Xuantong 10 Cash (Wen) 100 in 1 silver Yuan) |
| Reverse description | Central field depicts a sinuous imperial dragon in profile, coiling amid clouds and flames, rendered in fine relief typical of late Qing milled issues. Four large Chinese characters in regular script are positioned at the cardinal points surrounding the dragon, reading 大清銅幣 (Great Qing Copper Currency) from top to bottom, right to left. The design fills the field without an inner ring, with the dragon's head raised and facing right, its five-clawed form conveying imperial authority. The overall composition follows the standardized format adopted for Qing dynasty machine-struck cash coinage in the final years of the empire. |
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Struck in the final months of the Qing dynasty, this Board of Revenue issue came as the Wuchang Uprising of October 1911 was already unraveling imperial authority across the provinces. The Board of Revenue Mint in Beijing — the central government's own facility — was among the last to keep producing coin in the emperor's name as regional mints defected or shut down entirely. Xuantong coinage from this terminal year survives in reasonable quantities, suggesting production continued into late 1911 despite the political collapse already underway.