1 Fen Hua Hsing Bank

Features

Issuer Reformed Government of the Republic of China (Japanese puppet states in China)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 29 (1940)
Calendar Chinese republican
Value 1 Fen (0.01)
Currency Yen (1938-1941)
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.01 g
Diameter 17 mm
Thickness 1.125 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
27326
References Y# A522,
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.
JNDA# 23-4
Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (editor); 2023. 日本貨幣カタログ = The Catalog of Japanese Currency. Self-published, Tokyo, Japan.

Obverse

Bank character above wings in circle surrounded by legend.
Two stars separating legend.

Script: Chinese

Lettering:
國民華中
⋆ 華 ⋆
年九十二

Translation:
Republic of China
Hua
Year 29

Reverse

Bundle of rice separating value

Script: Chinese

Lettering: 分 壹

Translation: One fen

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Japan Mint (独立行政法人造幣局 / Dokuritsu Gyōsei Hōjin Zōheikyoku), Japan

Comments

According to THIS book these coins were instead manufactured in a private Chinese engeneering concern in the Yangshupu district of Shanghai.

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Fen (Hua Hsing Bank)Picture 1 of a sold 1 Fen (Hua Hsing Bank)
Auction World
Auction 17
Lot 1224
Internet Archive
20 Jul 2019
(NGC MS63 BN)

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