5 Fen - Guangxu 3.65 Candareens

Features

Issuer Kwangtung Province
Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1889
Value 5 Fen (0.05)
Currency Yuan (1900-1949)
Composition Silver (.820)
Weight 1.30 g
Diameter 16 mm
Thickness 0.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
51423
References Y# 194
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 left with Manchu characters in the centre, all surrounded by English legend.

Lettering:
KWANG-TUNG PROVINCE

ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ
寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元
ᡩᠣᡵᠣ

3.65 CANDAREENS

Translation:
Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency)
Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency)

Reverse

Dragon with pearl at centre surrounded by Chinese ideograms.

Lettering:
造省東廣
五釐六分三平庫

Translation:
Made in Kwangtung Province
Worth 3.65 Candareens (weight)

Edge

Reeded.

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