Y#178 Large 20 Cash Dragon Copper Jilin Kirin Province 1903 AD Emperor Guang Xu
ANCIENT CHINA
Qing Dynasty
Guang Xu, Dragon Copper Large 20 Cash
1903 Jilin Kirin Province
 
Weight: 13.1 grams; Size: 33.2 mm; Copper
Reign title: Guang Xu, 1875-1908 AD
Lettering:
造 省 林 吉
寶 元 緒 光
箇十二錢制當元每
Reverse: Dragon, the symbol of the Qing royal family,
the emblem of flaming dragon flying in clouds playing a pearl in fire inside the beaded circle.

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Edge: Smooth
References: Y# 178
 
The province of Kirin (Jilin) lies in Manchuria, north of the present day border of North Korea. The mint opened in 1881 and for many years struck only trial pieces. Silver milled coins were produced from 1895 onward. Many were dated using the sexagenary cycle. The mint burnt down in 1911.
 
Chinese Dragon Copper Coin
For the shortage of the old copper cash in the late Qing dynasty, the tradition casting method did not help economically to solve the problem. When Hong Kong one cent copper coins were occasionally in circulation with the value to ten cash coins in the local market of Kwangtung. The existence western style coinage in Hong K