1 Sar - Guangxu Pattern

Sinkiang's 1906 pattern coinage emerged from Qing efforts to standardize currency across a province that had long operated on a chaotic mix of locally cast cash coins, Russian silver, and Indian rupees flowing across poorly controlled borders. The sar — a transliteration of the tael weight unit adapted for northwestern usage — reflects the administration's attempt to impose a recognizable denomination on a region where barter-adjacent exchange was still common.

Patterns like this one were rarely approved for full production. Sinkiang's mint infrastructure was inconsistent at best, and the province would continue issuing non-standard coinage well into the Republican period.