Description
Obverse
Inscription: Tai-ching Tung-pi
Chinese ideograms.
In outer ring:
– Right to left: 午丙 = 1906, year in Chinese calendar.
– Right to left: 部戶 = Board of Revenue, minting authority.
– Right to left: 文十錢制當 = value.
In inner ring:
– Top to bottom and right to left: 大清銅幣 = Daqing Tongbi, meaning “Copper coin from the Qing”.
– At centre: 鄂, mintmark on raised disk.
Lettering:
午 丙
大
部 幣 銅 戶
清
文十錢制當
Reverse
7 flames on pearl
Legend: Kuang hsü Nien-tsao, TAICHING-TI-KUO…
Dragon facing in inner ring with flaming pearl at centre; lettering in outer ring.
Lettering:
造年緒光
TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN
Translation: Made under Guangxu era
Edge
Smooth
