50 Cash, China, 1912

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50 Cash, China, 1912
50 Cash, China, 1912
50 Cash, China, 1912
50 Cash, China, 1912
50 Cash, China, 1912
50 Cash, China, 1912
Description (Brief):

One (1) 50 cash coin,

Description (Brief)

China, Szechuan Province, 1912

Description (Brief)

Obverse Image: Seal (?) script in a central circle with a ring of smaller circles surrounding, below the pearled rim is a line of Orthodox text denoting the date as the first year of the Republic.

Description (Brief)

Obverse Text: [ NEEDS TRANSLATION]

Description (Brief)

Reverse Image: Orthodox script in a pearled circle with a floral symbol at the center, a line of Orthodox script below the top rim and above the lower rim denote the denomination and the province mint.

Description (Brief)

Reverse Text: [ NEEDS TRANSLATION]

[[obverse text]] 四川銅幣, 軍政府造, 當制錢五十文 [[transliteration]] SI / CHUAN / TONG / BI, JUN / ZHENG / FU / ZAO, DANG / ZHI / QIAN / WU / SHI / WEN [[translation]] Sichuan mint, produced by military government, 50 cents

[[reverse text]]中華民國 (center) 漢[[transliteration]] ZHONG / HUA / MIN / GUO [[translation]] Republic of China

Date Made: 1912

Crowdsourcing: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteersLocation: Currently not on view

Place Made: China

See more items in: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection, East Asian Coins, NNC_Chinese_Coins_Transcription_Center

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2017.0060.1276Catalog Number: 2017.0060.1276Accession Number: 2017.0060

Object Name: coin

Physical Description: copper (overall material)

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-ff09-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1837299

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