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1/2 Miscal / 5 Fen Kashgar, Qilghan type, Kashigar - Weilembi, without square
| Issuer | Kashgar Mint (Sinkiang Province) |
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| Year | 1878 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Central field displaying a trilingual legend in Chinese characters and Manchu script, reading 'Wu Fen' (五分, five fen) in Chinese flanked by Manchu characters denoting 'Kashigar Weilembi' (Kashgar Mint). The characters are deeply struck in raised relief, arranged in a compact symmetrical layout across the coin's face. As with the obverse, the flan is irregular and the strike is characteristic of hand-hammered production, with slight weakness at the margins. A decorative rope or cable border encircles the reverse field. The overall design reflects the bilingual administrative conventions of Qing-era Sinkiang coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | ᡴᠠᠰᡥᡤᠠᡵ 伍 分 ᠸᡝᡳ᠋ᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ᠋ (Translation: Kashigar Weilembi / Wu Fen Kashgar Mint / 5 Fen) |
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The Qilghan coinage of Kashgar emerged directly from the chaos following Yaqub Beg's conquest of the Tarim Basin in the 1860s and the subsequent reassertion of Qing authority in 1877–78. This particular type, struck without the central square, reflects the transitional minting practices at Kashgar as the Qing reconsolidated control — the mint had been operating under Yaqub Beg's Yettishar state and was effectively seized mid-production cycle. The bilingual Persian and Chinese format was a deliberate administrative concession to a population that had spent over a decade under Kokandi-influenced rule.