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1932, China, Yunnan Province. Silver 20 Cents Coin. XF-AU!

Reference: KM-Y#491.
Region: Yunnan Province
Mint Date: 1932 (year 21)
Denomination: 20 Cents (1/5th of a Dollar)
Condition: Minor deposits in reverse, otherwise a nice XF-AU!
Diameter: 23.8mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 5.39gm

Obverse: Crossed republican flags within circle of beads. Two groups of seven smal equal circles at sides.
Legend (translated) : "21st Year of the Chinese Republic"

Reverse: Small circle surrounded by 6 smaller circlets. Four Chinese characters. All within circle of beads.
Legend (translated) : "Made in Yunnan Province * 1 Mace 4.4 Candareens *"

Yunnan (??, literally "South of the Clouds") is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country. The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Myanmar (Burma), Laos, and Vietnam.

Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with high elevations in the northwest and low elevations in the southeast. Most of the population lives in the eastern part of the province. In the west, the relative height from mountain peaks to river valleys can be as much as 3,000 m. Yunnan is rich in natural resources and has the largest diversity of plant life in China. Of the approximately 30,000 species of higher plants in China, Yunnan has over 17,000.

Yunnan became part of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) during 2nd century BC. It became the seat of a Tibeto-Burman speaking kingdom known as Nanzhao in the 8th century. Nanzhao was multi-ethnic, but the elite most likely spoke a language close to Yi and modern Burmese. The Mongols conquered the region in the 13th century, with local control exercised by warlords until the 1930s. As with other parts of China's southwest, Japanese occupation in the north during World War II forced a migration of Chinese into the region. Ethnic minorities in Yunnan account for about 34 percent of its total population. Major ethnic groups include Yi, Bai, Hani, Zhuang, Dai and Miao.