20 Cash

Features

Issuer Sinkiang Province
Period Province of the Republic of China (1912-1949)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1931
Value 20 Cash (0.02)
Composition Copper
Weight 27.53 g
Diameter 39 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
31918
References Y# 39.1,
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.
Y# 39.2
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 flower in the centre, all surrounded by more ideograms.

Lettering:
國民華中文十二錢紅當

寶通

Translation:
Republic of China / Each piece worth 20 Cash
Sinkiang (Province) / Tongbao (Universal currency)

Reverse

Two crossed flags with line through centre, with cube near the top and arabesque at the bottom.

Comments

Modern restrikes exist, identifiable by not have arabesque patterns within the stripes of the flags.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1931)  82% Y#39.1: Eight-petalled rosette at centre
ND (1931)  18% Y#39.2: Five-petalled rosette at centre

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