10 Cash China Copper

1912, China, Fukien Province. Copper 10 Cash “Wuchan Uprising” Coin

Denomination: 10 Cash

Region: Fukien Province

Reference: CL-FK.32, CCC-43, KM-Y#379.

Mint Year: 1912 (the slab says 1906, which is probably a typo!)

Material: Copper

Diameter: 28mm


Weight: 7.36gm

The Wuchang Uprising was the Chinese uprising that served as the catalyst to the Xinhai Revolution, ending the Qing Dynasty – and two millennia of imperial rule – and ushering in the Republic of China. It began with the dissatisfaction of the handling of a railway   crisis. The crisis then escalated to an uprising where the   revolutionaries went up against Qing government officials. The uprising was then assisted by the New Army in a coup against their own authorities in the city of Wuchang, Hubei province on October 10, 1911. The Battle of Yangxia led by Huang Xing would be the major engagement in the uprising.