10 Cash - Xuantong Ministry of Revenue; Manchu: Xuantong

10 Cash - Xuantong (Ministry of Revenue; Manchu: Xuantong) - obverse10 Cash - Xuantong (Ministry of Revenue; Manchu: Xuantong) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Empire of China
Emperor Qing dynasty › Xuantong (宣統帝) (1908-1912)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 46 (1909)
Calendar Chinese cyclical (cycle starting in 1864)
Value 10 Cash (0.01)
Currency Yuan (1903-1912)
Composition Copper
Weight 7.42 g
Diameter 28 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
177144
References Y# 20t.1
Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left, with Manchu characters above and more ideograms around.

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu

Lettering:
酉 ᡤᡝᡥᡠᠩᡤᡝ ᠶᠣᠰᠣ ᡳ ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠᡳ ᠸᡝᡳᠯᡝᡥᡝ 己
部度支

幣川銅

文十錢制當

Translation:
Xuantong (Emperor) / Made in the Year 46
Ministry of Revenue (minting authority)
Great Qing's copper currency / Szechuan (mint)
Currency worth 10 Cash (Wen)

Reverse

Dragon with pearl at centre with Chinese ideograms above and English legend below.

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Latin

Lettering:
造年緒宣
TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN

Translation:
Made in the reign of Xuantong (Emperor)
Copper coin of the Great Qing Empire

Edge

Smooth.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
46 (1909) 川 Photo 231 930 000 酉己: Y#20t.1: Szechuan Mint

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Picture 1 of a sold 10 Cash - Xuantong (Ministry of Revenue; Manchu: Xuantong)
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Auction 69
Lot 2608
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29 Oct 2022 XF USD 44.28
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