Date: Qing (AD 1644-1911)
Dimensions: Diameter 28.24 mm
Material: Copper
Donated by Li Weixian

• Object Type：
  • COINS
• Tag：
  • anhui guangxu cash qing copper

The traditional square-holed round coins were gradually replaced by machine made coins during the late Guangxu reign period. Anhui province began to mint Ten Cents Equivalent coins in the 28th year of Guangxu period (AD 1902). The copper coins of Five Cents Equivalent and Twenty Cents Equivalent began to be minted only after the 30th year of the Guangxu period (AD 1904). The ten wen square-holed copper coin minted in Anhui province during the Guangxu period was made of pure copper. Unlike other copper coins, this piece, with a square hole in the center, which is very rare in existence, was supposed to be a trial-product of the time.