1906 China Empire 10 Cash {5S}
Guangxu emperor
FEATURING
front: dragon known as Tai Ch'ing Ti Kuo Dragon, emblem in center with a seven-flames pearl, surrounded by stylized clouds within beaded circle
Lettering:
造 年 緒 光
TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN
back: Chinese ideograms.
In outer ring:
- Right to left: 丙午 = Bingwu = 1906, year in Chinese calendar.
- Right to left: 戶部 = Board of Revenue, minting authority.
- Right to left: 文十錢制當 = value.
In inner ring:
- Top to bottom and right to left: 大清銅幣 = Daqing Tongbi, meaning "Copper coin from the Qing".
- At centre: Mintmark.
Lettering:
午 丙
大
部 幣 銅 戶
清
文十錢制當
During the later Qing dynasty, the coinage of the ancient copper coins had been suspended in most of the provinces in China. The Mint masters found that they could not cast the traditional cash coins economically, they stoped casting and engaged in another kind of circular coin struck by machinery without a square hole in the centre. It was known as "T'ung Yuan" [copper coin], or "T'ung Hsien" [copper cent] and or "Tung Pan" [copper plate]
• quantity 1
• demonetized {no longer in circulation} polished Copper coin
• diameter: 28.3 mm
• weight: 7.36 g