Item number: A1967

Year: AD 1912

Material: Lead

Size: 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.8 mm

Weight: 6.8 g

Provenance: Da Chen Stamps and Coins Collection 2015

This is a lead token privately cast and circulated in the Qijiang region, an upper tributary of the Yangtze River within Chongqing, during the first year of the Republic of China (AD 1912).

This series of tokens circulating in the Qijiang region featured a diverse range of design variations. Though relatively small, the coins were notably thick and heavy.

On the obverse, the central design imitates the motif of a square-holed coin, surrounded by the four Chinese characters Qijiang General Currency (綦江通用), arranged sequentially in the order of top, bottom, right, and left.

The reverse features a four-petalled floral ornament at the centre, with the denomination equivalent to 20-Cash (當錢二十) inscribed in the same top-bottom-right-left sequence.

物件編號: A1967

年代: 公元 1912 年

材質: 鉛

尺寸: 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.8 mm

重量: 6.8 g

來源: 大城郵幣社 2015

這是一枚民國元年(公元1912年)，重慶境內的長江上游支流綦江一帶，當地民間自行鑄造和流通的鉛質代幣。

這一批綦江地區流通的代幣有諸多豐富的版型，錢幣體積不大但是重量十分厚實。錢幣正面的正中央有模仿方孔錢的圖騰，周圍按照上、下、右、左順序，依序以漢字打印「綦江通用」四字。背面正中央以四瓣花飾作為裝飾，同樣按照上、下、右、左順序，依序打印面額「當錢二十」。