The Ten Cash Commentary

The second edition of “The Ten Cash Commentary: The General Issue Ten Cash Coins of the Republic of China” greatly expands on the 2015 first edition.  It covers all general issue ten cash and one fen coins of the Republic of China issued before 1949.  It is 105 pages long, and available on Amazon (currently less than $20 for American purchasers).  This edition’s noteworthy features include:

 • Meticulous descriptions of 182 varieties, as compared to the 49 varieties in the Standard Catalog of World Coins and the 125 varieties in Woodward’s guide.  (The first edition covered 162 varieties.)  There are detailed step-by-step identification instructions for all coins, with variety-comparison explanations and detailed photographs.

 • Coverage of many collectable varieties not covered by any Standard Catalog listing.  For example, Y-301.7 (with the obverse of Y-301.6 and the reverse of Y-301); Y-302.2.1 (obverse of Y-302 and reverse of Y-302.2); Y-302.6 (obverse of Y-302 and reverse of Y-303.4); and Y-306.5 (obverse of Y-306.4 and reverse of Y-306.1).  It also details the many distinct varieties that fall under each current Standard Catalog listing—for example, the seven varieties of Y-301; the eleven varieties of Y-302; the five varieties of Y-303; and the eighteen varieties of Y-306.2.

 • Correction of many mintage dates found in the Standard Catalog.  For example, contemporaneous evidence reflects that the coins listed as Y-303, Y-303a, Y-303.1, Y-305, and most of the coins in the Y-306 series, are more correctly dated as “circa 1913-1920.”  It also discusses the major design elements (the flags, the Chia-Ho wreath, and the ancient P’u spade-coin and twelve-ray sun found on later one fen coins).

 • An entirely new bonus section on the Qing Dynasty “Hu Poo” ten cash coins, covering seven varieties, as compared to the Standard Catalog’s two varieties.  Those two varieties are reorganized into seven listings, Y-4.0 through Y-4.6, with descriptions of the subvarieties encompassed by each of those numbers.