10 Yuan (Pattern; Zhang Zongchang type; pewter)
Shantung Province • 10 Yuan • Pewter • 1926
- Denomination
- 10 Yuan
- Issuer
- Shantung Province
- Struck
- 1926
- Composition
- Pewter
- Currency
- Yuan
- Catalog refs
- KM Pn8 · Kann 1536y
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Where it came from
This rare pewter pattern coin was issued in 1926 in the Shantung province during the era of the warlord Zhang Zongchang. During his tumultuous tenure as military governor, Zhang authorized the minting of various high-denomination commemorative coins, often as a display of local authority and regional autonomy amid the fracturing political landscape of the Warlord Era in China.
The design reflects the distinct, often idiosyncratic nature of warlord-era numismatics, which frequently utilized pewter and other base metals due to silver shortages or logistical constraints. These pieces were intended to serve as symbols of power rather than standard circulating currency, and they remain significant to historians as material evidence of the transient and militarized governance that characterized Shantung under Zhang's command.
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