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| Emittente | Khotan District Administration |
|---|---|
| Anno | 1934-1936 |
| Tipo | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valuta | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Composizione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Dimensioni | 150 × 97 mm |
| Forma | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Stampatore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Disegnatore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Incisore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| In circolazione fino al | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Riferimento/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del dritto | Hand-stamped note on plain paper stock with a decorative blue ink border incorporating stylised floral and foliate motifs at the corners and along the edges. A large pink ink underprint fills the central rectangular field, over which Chinese characters are applied in black ink, conveying the denomination and issuing authority text. A blue official seal stamp is applied over the design, validating the note. |
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| Legenda del dritto | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del rovescio | The reverse carries a central oval vignette printed in pink ink enclosing a triangular device, surrounded by bilingual text in Arabic script and Chinese characters setting out the terms of use and issuing authority. Additional lines of Arabic script run below the oval. A red official seal stamp is applied to the face of the note, and hand-written numerals appear in the right margin. |
| Legenda del rovescio | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Firma/e | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Tipo di protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione della protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Varianti | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Commenti |
Khotan in the mid-1930s was effectively running its own monetary affairs. The district administration issued these notes during a period when central authority over Xinjiang was fractured between Nationalist Chinese claims, Soviet-backed warlord Sheng Shicai in Ürümqi, and persistent local pressures from Turkic-speaking populations who had briefly established an independent state in the region just years earlier. A locally printed tael note, secured by nothing more than an official seal, was a practical solution to a genuine administrative vacuum.
The tael as a unit was already being phased out across most of China by this point — the 1933 yuan reforms had formalized its obsolescence — making this note an anachronism almost from the moment of issue.