20 Cash, China, 1922

20 Cash, China, 1922

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Description (Brief)
One (1) 20 cash coin
China, Hunan Province, 1922
Obverse Image: Two crossed flags with foliage to right and left; Provincial Constitution.
Obverse Text: THE / REPUBLIC / OF / CHINA / TWENTY / CASH
Reverse Image: Wheat and foliage with blossom at center surrounded by a pearled rim, outer rim displays Chinese text.
Reverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Description
[[Obverse Text]]THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, TWENTYCASH
[[Reverse Text]] 湖南省憲成立紀念 當廿 中華民國十一年一月一日 [[transliteration]] HU / NAN / SHEN / XIAN / CHENG / LI / JI / NIAN, DANG / NIAN, ZHONG / HUA / MIN / GUO / SHI / YI / NIAN / YI / YUE / YI / RI [[translation]] Commemoration of the establishment of Constitution of Hunan Province, twenty cents, January the first, the eleventh year of the Republic of China
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
coin
date made
1922
place made
China
Physical Description
copper (overall material)
ID Number
2017.0060.1395
catalog number
2017.0060.1395
accession number
2017.0060
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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