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