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1 Cash - Qianlong Tongbao, Yerkim, Yarkand
| Issuer | Qing Dynasty |
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| Year | 1760-1769 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Cast copper cash coin featuring a central square perforation surrounded by four Chinese characters arranged in the traditional cross-reading order. The reign title legend 乾隆通寶 (Qianlong Tongbao) is read top-to-bottom, right-to-left in regular script (kaishu). The characters are rendered in bold relief against a flat field, with raised rims framing both the outer edge and the inner square hole. The overall style is consistent with Qing dynasty provincial cast coinage of the Qianlong period. |
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| Obverse lettering | 乾隆通寶 |
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Yarkand — known in Chinese sources as Yerqiang — fell under Qing control in 1759 following the Qianlong Emperor's brutal suppression of the Dzungar Khanate and the subsequent Afaqi Khoja rebellions. The mint established there was one of several new facilities opened across the newly conquered Tarim Basin, collectively designated Xinjiang, to supply coinage to a region previously accustomed to silver pul and tanga issues from local Muslim rulers. These Xinjiang cash coins are immediately distinguishable from metropolitan issues by their Manchu and Turki reverse legends rather than standard Manchu and Chinese, a deliberate administrative acknowledgment of the region's distinct population.
Hartill 22.435 specifically notes the Yarkand mint output as variable in fabric and module across this decade.