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1 Fals - Anonymous 'Horse-hoof' or 'Chopstick head' type
| Issuer | Yarkand Khanate |
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| Year | 1635-1678 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field, similarly struck on a thick, irregular copper flan, shows crude raised devices consistent with the 'horse-hoof' type design, with one prominent globular element visible within the field. The surface is heavily worn and pitted, consistent with extensive circulation. No legible inscription or legend is present; the overall composition remains abstract and anonymous in character, as is typical of this series from the Yarkand Khanate. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Yarkand Khanate — a Chagatayid successor state centered in the Tarim Basin — produced coinage under persistent internal fragmentation, with authority frequently split between khans holding nominal power and the Makhdumzada khojas who exercised real religious and political influence. This issue spans nearly the entire period of that dual-power arrangement. The extreme miniaturization relative to its weight produces the distinctive dumpy, thick-flan profile that gives the type both its popular names — the cross-section resembling either a horse hoof or a chopstick head depending on which numismatic tradition you learned from first.