Fukien No Date (1901-1905) 10 cash Y-100.1

Ponterio sale 165, lot 21196

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

Fukien (Fujian) Province lies on the south east coast of China. The Foochow Mint operated through the Manchu dynasty, and an additional mint was built for struck coinage in 1896. Several other mints have been in operation since that time.

The specimen shown was lot 21196 in Ponterio sale 165 (Hong Kong, April 2012), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Fukien. 10 Cash, ND (1901-05). NGC AU-58 BN. 福建官局造光緒元寶十文。From the Collection of a Prominent Southern California Collector."

Recorded mintage: 417,031,000.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Y-100.1; CCC-23; Duan-171; Hsu-264.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Kann, Eduard. Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins, Vol. 1 of 3. Bronx, NY: Ishi Press International, 2006.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard,’’The April 2012 Hong Kong Auction, Sale #165’’ Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

Links to:

• 1908 CD 1 cash Y-95
• 1906 CD 2 cash Y-8f
• (1901-1903) 5 cash Y-99
• (1901-05) 10 cash Y-97
• (1901-05) 10 cash Y-97.1
• (1901-1905) 10 cash Y-100
• (1901-05) 10 cash Y-100.2
• (1901-05) 10 cash Y-100.3
• (1901-1905) 20 cash Y-101
• 1906 CD 10 cash Y-10f
• Coins and currency dated 1901
• return to China, Fukien Province