Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 10 cash coin, Kuang-hsu (Ch'ing/Qing)
- China, Kiangnan Province, 1905
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, bottom, right, left; with Manchu inscription for Kiangsu read center.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: KUANG / HSU / YUAN / PAO / NAN / CHIANG / SHENG / TSAO / MEI / YUAN / TANG / CHIH / CH'IEN / SHIH / WEN (Translation: Currency of the Kuang Hsu period, made in the province of Kiangnan each coin equal to 10 standard cash.)
- Reverse Image: Center, front facing dragon.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: KIANG- / NAN / TEN / CASH
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1905
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Object Name
- coin
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