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1 Mithqual - Guangxu Kashgar, Yi Qian Ka Shen
| Issuer | Sinkiang Province |
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| Year | 1904 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears four large Chinese characters arranged in a cruciform layout reading 壹錢喀什 (Yi Qian Ka Shi, meaning '1 Qian Kashgar'), rendered in bold, brushstroke-style calligraphy. The coin is struck on a round planchet with a beaded border encircling the entire design. The field is plain and unadorned beyond the inscription, with no effigy or additional decorative elements. The overall style is characteristic of the late Qing provincial issues struck at the Kashgar Mint for local circulation in Chinese Turkestan. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Kashgar's provincial mint operated under conditions almost entirely disconnected from Peking's monetary oversight. The Guangxu-era Xinjiang issues were struck to satisfy local commercial needs along trade routes where Chinese cash coinage held little credibility, and the mithqual denomination itself derived from Islamic weight standards still dominant in the region's bazaar economy — a direct accommodation to Uyghur and Central Asian merchant practice that no coastal Chinese mint would have entertained.