1 Sar - Guangxu Ka Shen, with 'Kashgar' to the right

The Kashgar mint operated under persistent administrative chaos during the final Qing decades, with local governors frequently overriding central directives on coinage standards. This piece, struck in the Guangxu reign year corresponding to 1907, belongs to a series produced for circulation in Chinese Turkestan — a region where Russian trade silver and locally-struck coins competed in the same markets. The "Ka Shen" designation in the title reflects the Uyghur-script elements incorporated to serve the predominantly Muslim Turkic population, a practical concession to local commerce rather than any imperial policy.

Y#26.2 distinguishes this variety by the placement of "Kashgar" in Latin script — an unusual inclusion almost certainly aimed at facilitating cross-border trade with Russian merchants active along the western Xinjiang routes.