Kiang Soo Ten Cash Chinese Copper Dragon Coin

Posted by slang on February 17, 2010

This is the ten cash copper coin from the Kiangsu/Kiangsoo Province ( Jiangsu) which is located on the east coast of China. It is one of the smallest and most densely populated province.

Kiang Soo Ten Cash Chinese Dragon Copper Coin

There are many versions of these ten cash :

(a) ten cash brass coin(1894) which is very rare(xf+);
(b) reverse side of copper coin which cloud below all 3 letters of SOO;
(c) reverse side cloud below 2 letters of SOO, Manchu word at 9 o’cloc higher, dragons body thinner;
(d) obverse side with Manchu word at center, w/o rosettes, reeded edge;
(e) obverse side with Manch word at center,rosettes at 2 and 10 o’clock;
(f) same as e but with reeded edge;
(g) obverse and reverse sie wtih tiny rosettes and reeded edge;
(h) obverse side with rosette in center, Manchu at 3 and 9 o’clock;
(i) obverse side with rosette in center, large Manchu at 3 and 9 o’clock at 3 and 9 o’clock and many other versions

Obverse side

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Ten Cash, Pei Yang, Chinese Dragon Coin

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This is the ten cash Pei Yang copper coin.These coins were produced by the mint in the Peiyang Arsenal in Tientsin.

Pei Yang Ten Cash Chinese Dragon Coin

There are many versions which include the following:
(a) as per picture reverse side with dot in centre of rosette with round dragon mouth;
(b) another version same as (a) but with square dragon mouth;
(c)reverse side with hole in centre of rosette with square dragon mouth;
(d) reverse side with hole in centre of rosette with round dragon mouth.

Obverse side

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Ten Cash Fukien 1901-1905 Chinese Dragon Coin

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This is the ten cash copper coins from Fukien Province which is located south-east of China. { mints: Foochow Mint,Mamoi Arsenal Mint, West Mint}

1901-1905 Fukien Ten Cash Chinese Dragon Coin

Like any ten cash copper coins, the Fukien’s ten cash has many versions:
(a) one version as per below picture with obverse side with huge chinese characters at left and right side;
(b) obverse side with small chinese character at left and right side;
(c) reverse side with word FOO-KIEN CUSTOM;
(d) reverse side with 1 cloud left of pearl;
(e) reverse side with 3 clouds left of pearl and w/o cloud above tip of dragon tail;
(f) reverse side with 3 clouds left of pearl and a cloud above tip of dragon tail;
(g) reverse side with denomination: 10 CASHES

Obverse side

Foo Kien Ten Cash Chinese Dragon Coin with 10 CASH

Obverse side

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