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1905, China, Fukien Province. Nice Copper 10 Cash Coin. (Y-104.2.) VF-XF!

Mint Place: Foochow Denomination: 10 Cash Region: Fukien Province Reference: KM-Y#100.2.  Mint Date: 1901-1905 (not dated) Condition: Some deposits, edge-hits and small scratches, otherwise VF-XF! Material: Copper Diameter: 27mm Weight: 7.37gm

Obverse: Facing dragon, flanked by rosettes. English legends around. Legend: FOO-KIEN * 10 CASH *

Reverse: Chinese characters (denomination) around vertical mandarin legends. Dots at sides.

Fujian, formerly romanised as Fukien or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait. The name Fujian came from the combination of Fuzhou and Jianzhou (a former name for Jian'ou) two cities in Fujian, during the Tang Dynasty. With a Han majority, it is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in China.

Most of Fujian is administered by the People's Republic of China. However, the archipelagos of Kinmen, Matsu, and Liuchu are under the control of the Republic of China. Thus, there are two provinces (in the sense of government organizations): the Fujian Province administered by the People's Republic of China and the Fujian Province of the Republic of China.