1 Mace - Guangxu (Pattern; Hu Poo; bronze)
China, Empire of • 1 Mace • Bronze • 1903
- Denomination
- 1 Mace
- Issuer
- China, Empire of
- Struck
- 1903
- Composition
- Bronze
- Currency
- Tael
- Catalog refs
- KM Pn291 var.
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Where it came from
This 1903 pattern coin was struck by the Hu Poo, or Board of Revenue, in Tianjin during the twilight of the Qing Dynasty. It represents a significant period of monetary modernization in China, as the imperial government sought to centralize currency production and transition away from traditional cash coins toward a standardized decimal system based on the silver mace and candareen weights.
The design of this pattern reflects the tension between traditional imperial iconography and the aesthetic of Western-style machine-struck coinage. While the Hu Poo pattern series was intended to facilitate trade and consolidate financial authority, the proposed designs faced internal bureaucratic disputes and technical challenges at the mint, leading to their status as patterns rather than mass-circulated currency, which today makes them highly sought after by numismatists for their historical role in the late Qing economic reform efforts.
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