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1 Mithqual - Guangxu Ration coinage, with Arabic on obverse, silver
| Issuer | Sinkiang Province |
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| Year | 1905 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | 餉銀一錢 يك مثقال سنجان (Translation: Chinese: Ration Silver One Qian / Arabic: One Mithqal Sinkiang) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Sinkiang's ration coinage of the late Qing period was produced specifically to pay Muslim troops and laborers in the province's western districts, where Chinese-script coinage was viewed with suspicion and sometimes refused outright. The Arabic-inscribed issues were a deliberate concession to the Uyghur and Turkic-speaking populations who formed the backbone of the local garrison economy. Several mints operated intermittently across the province, producing coins of wildly inconsistent weight and fineness — the Y#3.1 variety reflects die differences tied to specific mint locations rather than any centralized standard.