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Qing Dynasty,
20 Cents, Guangxu 24th year,
Fengtian Arsenal
清
二角 光緒二十四年
奉天機器局造
Item number: A250
Year: AD 1898
Material: Silver
Size: 22.2.x 22.2 mm
Manufactured by: Fengtian Arsenal, Fengtian
Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2024
This is a twenty-cent silver coin minted in the 24th year of Guangxu (AD 1898) by the Fengtian Arsenal in Fengtian Province (present-day Liaoning Province). The obverse features a five-clawed coiled dragon with spiral cloud patterns emanating from its mouth, surrounded by the minting year and location information in a counterclockwise direction. The reverse has a beaded circle in the centre, within which the denomination “Twenty Cents” is inscribed in Chinese characters. The Manchu inscription encircling the outside of the beaded circle translates to “Made by the Great Qing Fengtian Arsenal.”
In the 22nd year of Guangxu (AD 1896), Yiktang Ah, the then General of Shengjing, proposed to the court to follow the example of Guangdong and Hubei by establishing a machinery bureau in Fengtian to address the shortage of silver currency. In the 23rd year of Guangxu (AD 1897), the factory began production and minted “Guangxu Yuan Pao”. By the 24th year of Guangxu (AD 1898), it started minting silver coins in four denominations: one dollar, 50 cents, 20 cents, and 10 cents, each featuring a Manchu inscription around the edge. The Fengtian Arsenal has experienced the late Qing dynasty, the Republic of China, the puppet state of Manchukuo, and the People’s Republic of China, and is known today as “Shenyang Mint Co., Ltd.”, directly subordinate to the People’s Bank of China.