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1/2 Miscal / 5 Fen Obdan Gumush / Besh Fung Venz
| Issuer | Sinkiang Province |
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| Year | 1878-1879 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered silver flan displaying a stylized foliate design in the field, consisting of a central spray of leaves and branches rendered in bold relief within a circular border of rope-like or beaded ornamentation. The design is characteristic of the crude hand-struck coinage produced in Sinkiang during the late Qing period, with the vegetal motif filling most of the available field. The surfaces are uneven, reflecting the artisanal hammered technique employed at provincial mints. Arabic legends referring to the silver fineness (obdan gumush, meaning fine silver) are integrated into or around the foliate composition. |
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| Reverse description | Irregular hammered silver flan bearing bold Arabic script legends in the field, denoting the denomination and weight as 'besh fung venz' (five fen weight), with the date in Arabic-Indic numerals (1295 or 1296 AH) present on dated varieties. The inscription is arranged across the flan in a manner typical of Central Asian provincial hammered coinage, with foliate or floral decorative elements filling the remaining field. The strike is irregular and the planchet edges are uneven, consistent with hand-hammered production. The overall execution is characteristic of the Sinkiang provincial mint output of the 1878–1879 period. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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