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1 Cash - Jiaqing Tongbao, Ili, with mark
| Issuer | Board of Revenue Mint, Ili |
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| Year | 1803-1820 |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Obverse description | Cast copper cash coin featuring four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu), arranged in cruciform fashion reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left around a central square hole. The characters 嘉慶通寶 (Jiaqing Tongbao) are boldly rendered in raised relief within a plain inner rim, separated by the square perforation. The flat field shows natural casting texture, and the coin is bounded by a raised outer rim. The overall style is consistent with Qing dynasty imperial cash coinage of the Jiaqing reign period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Ili mint in Xinjiang operated under direct military-administrative control, established after the Qing reconquest of the region following the Dzungar genocide of the 1750s. Cash coinage struck here served the garrison economy of a frontier zone kept deliberately isolated from interior China, and the mint's output was tightly tied to troop pay cycles rather than general commerce. The Manchu mint mark on Ili issues distinguishes them from the sprawling Beijing production runs — a small detail that reflects the separate administrative chain running through the Lifanyuan rather than conventional provincial channels.