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50 Fen - Guangxu 3 Mace and 6 Candareens; pattern; copper

Features

Issuer Kwangtung Province
Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908)
Type Patterns
Year 1889
Value 50 Fen (0.50)
Currency Yuan (1900-1949)
Composition Copper
Diameter 34 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
274929
References KM# Pn7
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right left with Manchu characters in the centre, all surrounded by English legend.

Scripts: Mongolian / Manchu, Chinese

Lettering:
KWANG-TUNG PROVINCE

ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ
寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元
ᡩᠣᡵᠣ

3 MACE AND 6 CANDAREENS

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

Reverse

Dragon with pearl at centre surrounded by Chinese ideograms.

Script: Chinese

Lettering:
造省東廣
分六錢三平庫

Translation:
Made in Kwangtung Province
Worth 3 Mace and 6 Candareens (weight)

Edge

Reeded.

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