Posted 04/26/2015 6:35 pm
Except, of course, that this one is not "cast" - it's machine struck. Usually, "machine-struck" and "cash coins" are a bad combination, because most genuine cash coins were indeed cast - except for Kwangtung (Guangdong) Province, such as this coin, where modern minting machinery was installed quite early and was turned to the production of struck brass 1 cash coins. This particular type was issued for nearly two whole decades (1890-1908) and over a billion were made, making them just as common as the commoner types of cast cash. NGC page.
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