China, 1909 AD., Quing Dynasty, emperor Puyi, Fengtien province, 20 Cash, KM Y 21.0.
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China, Quing (Ch'ing) dynasty (1644 - 1912 AD.), emperor Puyi (1909-12), Xuangtong (Hsüan-t'ung, XuÄntÇ’ng) reign (1909-11), Fengtien province, ca. 1909 AD.,
20 Cash (ø 33,5 mm / 11,15 g), copper, 11,26 g mint weight (?), mintage ? , axis medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge,
Obv.: é€ å¹´ çµ± 宣 / TAI-CHING-TI-KUO · COPPER COIN , ( 宣 çµ± å¹´ é€ - Hsüan-t'ung nian zao (or Nien-tsao), means "minted during the Hsüan-t'ung years" in Chinese characters), dragon within a beaded circle, large incuse swirl on pearl.. Dot between "KUO" and "COPPER".
Rev.: (no dot (raised circular frame) at center), Chinese symbols 大 清 é“œ å¸ (top-down-right-left) "da qing tong bi" (or "Tai-ch'ing T'ung-pi" = "bronze coin of the great Qing (Dynasty)") within beaded circle and on top four characters in Manchu outside circle; characters at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock position date the coin as 1909; beneath, also outside circle, value in Chinese characters near the bottom of the coin 当 制 é’± 二 å æ–‡ "dang zhi qian èr shi wen" which means the coin is worth two (times) ten cash coins.
KM Y-21.0 ; CCC-620 ; cf.Duan-2444 ; CL-HB.63 .
Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
1909 é…‰ å·± Y#21.0 Six waves below dragon; Dot after KUO. (commonest variety) CCC620 , ZL63
1909 é…‰ å·± Y#21.0b Six waves below dragon; HIGH (out of line) dot after KUO. CCC622 , ZL63v
1909 é…‰ å·± Y#21.1 (with dot, 6 waves under dragon) Six waves below dragon; NO dot after KUO; visibly THIN planchet, 10.4-11.4gm. (fairly common variety) CCC621 , ZL62
1909 é…‰ å·± Y#21.2 (without dot, 6 waves under dragon)
1909 é…‰ å·± Y#21.3 (without dot, rosette under dragon) Rosette below dragon; No dot below chin. (Manchurian Provinces, 1922) (scarcer variety) CCC623 , ZL66
1909 é…‰ å·± Y#21.4 (without dot, dot below chin) Rosette below dragon; Dot below chin. (Manchurian Provinces, 1922) (scarcer variety) CCC624 , ZL67
1909 é…‰ å·± Y#21.5 (without dot, five crude waves) Five waves below dragon; Fewer & larger beads in inner circles. (common variety) CCC625, ZL64
1909 å‰ é…‰ å·± Y#21p (Kirin)
1909 奉 酉 己 Y#21e (Fengtien)
1909 å· é…‰ å·± Y#21t.1 (Szechuan; Manchu curls right)
1909 å· é…‰ å·± Y#21t.2 (Szechuan; Manchu curls left)
Puyi (simplified Chinese: 溥仪; traditional Chinese: 溥儀; pinyin: PÇ”yÃ) (7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), of the Aisin Gioro clan, was the last Emperor of China. He ruled in two periods between 1908 and 1917, firstly as the Xuantong Emperor (宣統皇å¸) from 1908 to 1912, and nominally as a non-ruling puppet emperor for twelve days in 1917. He was the twelfth and final member of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to rule over China.
He was married to the Empress Gobulo Wan Rong under the suggestion of the Imperial Dowager Concubine Duan-Kang. Later, between 1934 and 1945, he was the Kangde Emperor (康德皇å¸) of Manchukuo. In the People's Republic of China, he was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1964 until his death in 1967. His abdication was a symbol of the end of a long era in China, and he is widely known as The Last Emperor (末代皇å¸).
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