Summary

1 Cash, Issued by Emperor Khuang-hsu (1875 - 1908), Chekiang Province (Zhejiang), China, nd. (1897-1898)

Obverse Description

Four Chinese characters around the hole - Khuang-hsu t'ung pao. The top of the 'tung' character is shaped like a box, open on the left

Reverse Description

The mint name in Manchu, poa - che = Chekiang

Edge Description

The edge is plain

Significance

A small mint with modern machinery was opened in Chekiang Province in 1897. Earlier coins produced in this Province were cast. Two other mints were opened in 1903 and 1905 but on 22 August 1905 the Emperor approved a regulation that would establish a central mint at Tientsin (now Tianjin) with four branch mints at Nanking (now Nanjing), Tientsin, Wuchang and Canton (now Guangzhou). Expansion of all other mints was forbidden with an intention to close them when possible, as a result all Chekiang mints were merged with Fukien mint in 1906.

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