E-auction 606-580733 - CHINA - EMPIRE - GUANGDONG 1 Cent (10 Cash) 1900-1906 Canton
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Type : 1 Cent (10 Cash)
Date: 1900-1906
Mint name / Town : Canton
Quantity minted : -
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,29 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN CHINOIS) 造省東廣 // 光 / 寶 ᠪᠣᠣ ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩ 元 / 緒 // 圓一换枚百每.
Obverse description : Dans le champ, cercle perlé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : KWANG - TUNG. ONE CENT..
Reverse description : dragon enroulé, la tête de face.
Historical background
CHINA - EMPIRE - GUANGDONG
(XXth)
Guangdong (formerly Canton), a coastal province in southeast China, borders Hong Kong and Macau. Its capital, Guangzhou, lies within the industrial region of the Pearl River Delta. This vast port hosts the Sun Yat-sen memorial, an octagonal building commemorating the founder of modern China. The city's colonial history shines through in its garden-lined boulevards and the 19th-century European architecture of Shamian Island..
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