20 Cash - Guangxu Hu Poo

Features

Issuer	Empire of China
Emperor	Qing dynasty › Guangxu (光緒帝) (1875-1908)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1903-1917
Value	20 Cash (0.02)
Currency	Yuan (1903-1912)
Composition	Copper
Weight	10.14 g
Diameter	32 mm
Thickness	1.65 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 6816
References	Y# 5 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).

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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:
ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡩᠣᡵᠣ ᡳ ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ
部戶
光
寶元
緒
文十二錢制當

Translation:
Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency)
Ministry of Revenue (minting authority)
Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency)
Currency worth 5 Cash (Wen)

Reverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HU POO
20 CASH

Translation: Ministry of Revenue

Edge

Plain

Comments

The restrike was struck at Wuchang Mint in 1917 during an insurrection, and has more crude details (specifically for the pearl and the dragon's sheels), and the dragon has a longer, thinner nasal ridge.

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Date	G	VG	F	VF	XF		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1903)	$ 0.66	$ 2.00	$ 2.00	$ 4.60	$ 6.00	Y#5: Without rosette at centre	93%
ND (1903)						Y#5.1: With rosette at centre	5%
ND (1917)						Y#5.2: With rosette at centre (restrike)	5%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Weekly Online Auction 232040 Lot 61279	30 Sep 2020	Undetermined	UNC (NGC MS62 Brown)	USD 156.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 161 Lot 1620	18 Jun 2025	Undetermined	XF	USD 19.73 (EUR 17.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 101 Lot 1759	18 Nov 2023	Undetermined	VF	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 86 Lot 1847	10 Jun 2023	Undetermined	VF	Unsold
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.