Dragon Dollar: Qing Dynasty - 1 Yuan - Guangxu - TAI-CHING-TI-KUO SILVER COIN

Features:

Issuer: Empire of China

Emperor: Qing dynasty › Guangxu (光緒帝) (1875-1908)

Year: 1908

Value: 1 Yuan

Currency: Yuan (1903-1912)

Weight: 26.76 g

Diameter: 39 mm

Thickness: ~2.5 mm

Obverse:

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

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu

Lettering:

廠總幣造

光

ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ

寶 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ 元

ᡩᠣᡵᠣ

緒

分二錢七平庫

Translation:

Factory made currency

Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency)

Guangxu (Emperor) / Yuanbao (Original currency)

Worth 7 Mace 2 Candareens (weight)

Reverse:

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

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Latin

Lettering:

造年緒光

TAI-CHING-TI-KUO SILVER COIN.

Translation:

Made in the reign of Guangxu (Emperor)

Silver coin of the Great Qing Empire

CONDITION/IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER:

Item has some minor signs of wear and use, scratches, abrasions, indentations, tarnishing.

No certificate of origin / no certificate of authenticity, composition not tested.

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