#62588 - 10 cash Kiangsee 1912 DA HAN TONG BI (scarce)

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#62588: 10 cash Kiangsee 1912 DA HAN TONG BI (scarce)

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Registered: 20-July-2008
Location: Beijing
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Y#412
this coin was issued in the 1st year of the Republic and, unlike coinage of other provinces, carries the inscription 'Da Han Tong Bi' ('copper coin of Great Han'), Han being main chinese ethnicity comprising 94% of the population. this inscription celebrated the end of the rule of Qing dynasty which was ethnically Manchu.

Upload Date: 2-November-2008

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Keywords: 10 cash Kiangsee 1912 DA HAN TONG BI Y#412

Weight, g: 7.0

Size, mm: 28.2

Date: 1912

Denomination: 10 cash

Metal: copper

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Chinasmith Registered: 17-June-2004 Location: Sheboygan, Wisconsin USA Photos: 123 Comments: 4,806	Chinasmith » 3-November-2008 7:55am Yes, this is an unusual issue. The same coin dated 1911 (cyclical date) is an extreme rarity. However the note in the Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins about this being a rebel issued before the revolution is nonsense. The revolution began in 1911 and ended early the following year when the Ch'ing emperor abdicated (or rather, his advisors abdicated for him). Only a few pieces of the 1911 coin are known to exist. The 1912 coin is also rare. There is a Han coinage from Szechuan also, in both silver and copper, dated from 1912 thru 1914, but probably issued for some years afterwards with frozen dates.

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Chinasmith

Registered: 17-June-2004
Location: Sheboygan, Wisconsin USA
Photos: 123
Comments: 4,806

Chinasmith » 3-November-2008 7:55am

Yes, this is an unusual issue. The same coin dated 1911 (cyclical date) is an extreme rarity. However the note in the Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins about this being a rebel issued before the revolution is nonsense. The revolution began in 1911 and ended early the following year when the Ch'ing emperor abdicated (or rather, his advisors abdicated for him). Only a few pieces of the 1911 coin are known to exist. The 1912 coin is also rare. There is a Han coinage from Szechuan also, in both silver and copper, dated from 1912 thru 1914, but probably issued for some years afterwards with frozen dates.

xpoleg

Registered: 19-January-2006
Location: Australia, NSW.
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xpoleg » 6-July-2011 10:16pm

KM#Y412a.1 - small vertical rosette in center.

expat

Registered: 20-July-2008
Location: Beijing
Photos: 112
Comments: 409

expat » 6-July-2011 10:49pm

Dear xpoleg, this is Y#412.

Y#412a.1 has different chinese legends.

xpoleg

Registered: 19-January-2006
Location: Australia, NSW.
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xpoleg » 6-July-2011 11:00pm

Yes, checked. I agree with you ...

XIE

Registered: 7-November-2003
Location: Moscow Russia
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XIE » 19-October-2014 8:12pm

Another specimen pls see: http://bbs.chcoin.com/show-7942328.html