Item number: A2894

Year: AD 1919-1920

Material: Copper

Size: 27.9 x 28.4 x 0.9 mm

Weight: 6.15 g

Provenance: Chang Ming-chuan Collection 2019

This is a 10 Cash copper coin minted in Hunan Province during the 8th to 9th year of the Republic of China (AD 1919–1920). Due to a likely operational error during the minting process, the die and planchet were not properly aligned, resulting in a misstrike with an incomplete and misaligned impression—causing the design elements to be noticeably shifted downward.

This coin is known among collectors as the “Double Flag Coin.” The obverse features a solid inner circle containing a stylised rice ear motif commonly referred to as the “Five Grains and Four Leaves” design. Surrounding the solid circle, faint traces of the English inscription “THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA”—denoting the name of the issuing nation—can still be discerned.

The reverse of the coin also features a solid inner circle, within which are depicted the knotted Five-Coloured Flag and the Iron and Blood Eighteen-Star Flag. Above the flags is a decorative motif resembling a twelve-petalled chrysanthemum. The outer edge of the circle is adorned on both sides with floral and foliate patterns. At the top, faint traces of the Chinese inscription for the national name, “中華民國” (“Republic of China”), can still be discerned.

物件編號: A2894

年代: 公元 1919-1920 年

材質: 紅銅

尺寸: 27.9 x 28.4 x 0.9 mm

重量: 6.15 g

來源: 張明泉舊藏 2019

這是一枚民國8至9年 (公元1919至1920年)，湖南省鑄造的面額十文銅幣，由於鑄幣過程可能出現操作失誤的情形，使得模具和幣胚沒有對齊，產生不完整的錯置現象，使得圖案都向下方偏移。

這枚錢幣在收藏界被稱為「雙旗幣」。錢幣正面有一道實心圓，圓圈內是稱為「五穗四葉」的嘉禾圖案，實心圓外圍依稀可見英文打印的國名「THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA」(中華民國)。

錢幣背面同樣有一道實心圓，圓圈內是打結的五色旗與鐵血十八星旗，旗幟的上緣是十二瓣的菊花紋飾。圓圈外圍的左右兩側以花草紋飾作為裝飾，上緣依稀可見漢字標示的國名「中華民國」。