Chinese mints
Province | City | Established | Remarks |
Kiangsu | Shanghai | 1921 | Started working March 1933, closed 1937 |
Kiangsu | Nanking | 1897 | Silver and copper. Burned down 1929 |
Kiangsu | Tsingkiang | 1905 | Produced coppers only |
Chekiang | Hangchow | 1896 | Mostly silver; closed down early 1930s |
Anhwei | Anking | 1897 | Closed in 1899, followed by another mint |
Fukien | Foochow | 1901 | Under provincial government; small coin |
Fukien | Hungshanchao | 1905 | Was under military control. Small coin |
Fukien | Makiang | 1905 | Was under naval control. Small coin |
Fukien | Shahshien | 1924 | Was under military control Small coin |
Fukien | Amoy | 1924 | Controlled by merchants. Small coin |
Fukien | Yenping | 1925 | Subsidiary silver coinage only |
Fukien | Yuki | 1925 | Subsidiary silver coinage only |
Kwangsi | Nanning | 1905 | Mostly coppers; stopped work in 1921 |
Kwangsi | Wuchow | 1920 | Mostly coppers; stopped work in 1921 |
Kwangsi | Kweilin | 1905 | Small silver coin; in 1938/39 also nickels |
Kweichow | Kweiyang | 1938 | Used Shanghai mint machinery on nickels |
Suiyuan | Kweisui | - | Copper coins only |
Kwangtung | Canton | 1887 | Largest producer of fractional silver |
Kwangtung | Swatow | 1924 | Small silver coins. Closed in 1925 |
Kwangtung | Samshui | 1925 | Closed after 6 months' functioning |
Kwangtung | Pakhoi | 1925 | Debased 20 cents silver coins |
Kwangtung | Hoihow | 1925 | Debased 20 cents silver coins |
Yunnan | Kunming | 1905 | German machinery. Bombed in 1940 |
Kiangsi | Nanchang | 1901 | Coppers and silver coinage |
Hunan | Changsha | 1901 | Coppers and fractional silver coins |
Szechuen | Chengtu | 1898 | American and Japanese machinery |
Szechuen | Chungking | 1913 | American and British machinery |
Szechuen | Yachow | 1926 | Military management |
Sikong | Kanting | 1926 | Principally Szechuen rupee coins |
Shensi | Sian | 1924 | Coppers only |
Kansu | Lanchow | 1873 | In arsenal. Output mainly coppers |
Honan | Kaifeng | 1901 | Mostly coppers. Closed in 1914 |
Shansi | Taiyuan | 1919 | Coppers and subsidiary silver coins |
Shantung | Tsinan | 1905 | Worked sparingly on coppers |
Chihli | Tientsin | 1901 | Originally head mint. Destroyed in 1912 |
Chihli | Peiyang | 1905 | Branch mint of Tientsin Central Mint |
Chihli | peking | 1899 | Destroyed in 1900 Boxer Rebellion |
Chahar | Kalgan | 1923 | Copper coins only |
Fengtien | Mukden | 1901 | German and American machinery |
Kirin | Kirin | 1901 | Copper & silver coins. Burned in 1911 |
Formosa | Taipeh | 1890 | Closed 1895. Newly opened in 1949 |
Sinkiang | Kashgar | Between 1865 and about 1880 |
Extensive silver and copper coinage |
Sinkiang | Tihwa | Extensive silver and copper coinage | |
Sinkiang | yarkand | Small silver and copper coinage | |
Sinkiang | Aksu | In silver 5 fen, 5, 3, 2 and 1 chien coins | |
Sinkiang | Yanghisar | 5 fen in silver | |
Sinkiang | Khotan | 5 fen in silver | |
Sinkiang | Kuché | Copper coinage only | |
Sinkiang | Kouldja | Copper coinage only | |
Tibet | Lhassa | 1792 | 1-tangka silver coins; later also coppers |