A beautiful circular piece of a rare Sichuan issue.
Nice patina, natural to copper. Lots of preserved mint luster.
Obverse: in the pearl rim Chinese ideograms 光 寶 元 緒 surrounding the legend ᠪᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ ᡩᠣᡵᠣ, in the outer rim the legend:
造省川四/分二錢七平库;
Reverse: in the pearl rim a dragon against a background of mountains, in the outer rim a legend:
SZE CHUAN PROVINCE/7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS;
