20 Cash - Guangxu (Hu Poo)
China, Empire of • 1903
- Denomination
- 20 Cash
- Issuer
- China, Empire of
- Year struck
- 1903
- Composition
- Copper
- Weight
- 10.14 g
- Diameter
- 32 mm
- Catalog refs
- Y 5
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Where it came from
The 1903 Guangxu 20 Cash coin was produced during the waning years of the Qing Dynasty, a period defined by China's shift toward modernized machine-struck coinage. These coins were issued by the Hu Poo, or the Board of Revenue, as part of an attempt to standardize currency and address the chronic shortage of small-denomination copper coins that hampered local commerce.
The design features the iconic dragon motif common to late Imperial Chinese currency, symbolizing imperial authority and strength. While these pieces were intended to circulate as legal tender, they were part of a decentralized minting system that resulted in numerous provincial variations and experimental designs. They are regarded by numismatists as significant artifacts of China's transition from traditional cash coins to the globalized fiscal standards of the early twentieth century.
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