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Empire of China (before 1912)

Chinese Cash

Anonymous coinage

1 cash no date (960-1044)
brass
square hole
Coin value - $5-10

 

 

Emperor Huizong (1100-1126)

10 cash no date (1102-1106)
copper
square hole
Coin value - $10-15

 

 

Emperor Chongzhen (1627-1644)

1 cash without date
copper
square hole
Coin value - $5-10

 

 

Wu Sangui Prince of Zhou (1674-1678)

2 cash without date
brass
square hole
Coin value - $15-20

 

 

Emperor Kangxi (1661-1722)

1 cash without date
brass
square hole
Coin value - $10-15

 

1 cash without date
brass
square hole
Coin value - $5-10

 

 

Emperor Qianlong (1735-1796)

1 cash without date
brass
square hole
Coin value - $3-5

 

1 cash without date
copper
square hole
Coin value - $3-5

 

 

Emperor Jiaqing (1796-1820)

1 cash without date
brass
square hole
Coin value - $3-5

 

1 cash without date
copper
square hole
Coin value - $3-5

 

 

Emperor Daoguang (1820-1850)

1 cash without date
brass
square hole
Coin value - $3-5

 

 

Emperor Xianfeng (1850-1861)

1 cash without date
brass
square hole
Coin value - $1-3

 

 

Chinese Dollar=10 chiao; Chiao=10 cents (fen); Cent=10 cash

Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908)

1 dollar 1908 (1907-1908)
silver
Chihli (Zhili) province
KUANG KSÜ YUAN-PAO
PEI YANG / 34th YEAR OF KUANG KSU / Dragon
Coin value - $300-500

 

 

20 cash 1905
brass
Fengtian province
20 CASH / FUNG-TIEN PROVINCE / Dragon

Coin value - $40-60

 

20 cash no date (1907)
copper
20 CASH
TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN / Dragon
Coin value - $6-10

 

 

10 cash 1905
copper
Kyangnan (Jiangnan) province
10 CASH
TEN CASH / KIANG-NAN / Dragon
Coin value - $5-8

 

10 cash 1906
copper
Kwantung province
10 CASH
TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN / Dragon
Coin value - $5-8

 

10 cash 1906
copper
Hubei province
10 CASH
TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN / Dragon
Coin value - $5-8

 

 

1 cash no date (1890-1909)
brass
square hole
Kwantung province
Coin value - $3-5

 

1 cash no date (1906-08)
brass
square hole
Kwantung province
Coin value - $5-7

 

 

Republic of China (1912-1949)

Chinese Dollar=10 chiao; Chiao=10 cents (fen); Cent=10 cash

1 dollar 1914
silver
1 YUAN / Value within wreath
Year 3 / Bust of Yüan Shih-kai left
Coin value - $100-200

 

1 dollar no date (1927)
silver
1 YUAN / MEMENTO / BIRTH OF REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Value within wreath
Bust of Sun Yat-sen left
Coin value - $100-200

 

 

50 cents 1942 (1942-1943)
copper-nickel
50 FEN / Large “Kuel”
Year 31 / Head of Sun Yat-sen left
Coin value - $15-20

 

 

20 cents 1916 (1916-1922)
silver
20 FEN / Value within wreath
Bust of Yuan Shikai left
Coin value - $25-30

 

20 cents 1922
silver
Kwangtung province
20 / TWENTY CENTS / KWANG-TUNG PROVINCE
Coin value - $10-15

 

20 cents 1936 (1936-1939)
copper-nickel
20 FEN / Large “Kuel”
Year 25 / Head of Sun Yat-sen left
Coin value - $8-10

 

 

100 cash 1913
copper
Szechuan province
Coin value - $25-30

 

 

10 cents 1936 (1936-1939)
nickel
10 FEN / Large “Kuel”
Year 25 / Head of Sun Yat-sen left
Coin value - $4-6

 

 

5 cents 1923
silver
Kwangtung province
5 / FIVE CENTS / KWANG-TUNG PROVINCE / Value within wreath

Coin value - $15-25

 

5 cents 1936 (1936-1939)
nickel
5 FEN / Large “Kuel”
Year 25 / Head of Sun Yat-sen left
Coin value - $3-5

 

5 cents 1940
aluminum
5 FEN / Year 29
Large “Kuel”
Coin value - $5-7

 

 

20 cash no date (1919)
copper
Hunan province
7 characters undo the flag
TWENTY CASH / THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Wheat ear within circle
Crossed flags
Coin value - $4-6

 

20 cash no date (1919)
copper
Hunan province
5 characters undo the flag
TWENTY CASH / THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Wheat ear within circle
Crossed flags
Coin value - $4-6

 

 

2 cents 1940
brass
2 FEN / Large “Kuel”
Chung Hua Min Kuo Year 29 / Sun
Coin value - $7-10

 

 

10 cash no date (1919)
copper
 Value within wreath
Crossed flags
Coin value - $3-4

 

10 cash no date (1919)
copper
 Value within wreath
Crossed flags
Coin value - $3-4

 

10 cash no date (1920)
copper
TEN CASH / THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Value within wreath
Crossed flags
Coin value - $3-5

 

10 cash no date (1920)
copper
Hunan province
TEN CASH / THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Wheatear within circle
Crossed flags
Coin value - $3-4

 

 

1 cent 1937 (1936-1939)
copper
1 FEN / Large “Kuel”
Chung Hua Min Kuo Year 26 / Sun
Coin value - $7-10

 

1 cent 1940
brass
1 FEN / Large “Kuel”
Chung Hua Min Kuo Year 29 / Sun
Coin value - $7-10

 

 

Japanese Occupation (1937-1945)
Provisional Government of China

Dollar=10 chiao; Chiao=10 cents (fen); Cent=10 cash

5 fen 1941 (1941-1943)
aluminum
YEAR 30 / Federal Reserve Bank symbol
5 FEN / Temple of Heaven in Beijing
Coin value - $10-15

 

1 fen 1941 (1941-1943)
aluminum
YEAR 30 / Federal Reserve Bank symbol
1 FEN / Temple of Heaven in Beijing
Coin value - $10-15

 

See also: Japan old coins (till 1948)

 

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