China, 1907 AD., Ch'ing Dynasty, emperor Te Tsung, 10 Cash, KM Y-10.5.

China, Ch'ing dynasty, emperor Te Tsung (De Zong), Guang Xu (Kuang Hsu) Reign (1875-1908), Board of Revenue mint (central mint) in Tianjin (renamed as the General Mint of the Ministry of the Interior and Finance), 1907 AD.,
Cent / 10 Cash (28 mm / 6,47 g),
Obv.: Chinese (Great Ch'ing copper Coin) within beaded circle and on top in Manchu outside circle, the ding (character at 3 o'clock position) and wei (character at 9 o'clock position) date the coin as 1907; four dots at 2, 4, 8 and 10 o'clock on the obverse (text only) side. This "with dots" type is only found with the 1907 date; beneath, outside circle, value in Chinese characters
Rev.: TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN , and the emperor's name above in Chinese characters, dragon within a beaded circle.
Y-10.5 .
very common

During the later Qing dynasty, the coinage of the ancient copper coins had been suspended in most of the provinces in China. The Mint masters found that they could not cast the tranditional cash coins economically, they stopped casting and engaged in another kind of circular coin struck by machinery without a square hole in the centre. It was known as "T'ung Yuan" [copper coin], or "T'ung Hsien" [copper cent] and or "Tung Pan" [copper plate] Each one is equivalent to ten cash. Later, there were also denominations of 1, 2, 5, 20, and 30 cash. Tai-Ching-Ti-Kuo means Great Ching Empire, Ching being the emperor. The date is represented by one symbol at the 3:00 position and one at the 9:00 position on the obverse side. The cash value is ten wen (ten cash).
No mint mark appears at the center of the obverse because it was produced in Tianjin. Coins produced in any area besides Tianjin bear a mint mark.