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1 Tael Khotan District Administration
| Uitgever | Khotan District Administration |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1934-1936 |
| Type | Log in om details te zien |
| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Paper |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
|---|---|
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | 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. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Official seal stamp |
| Beschrijving beveiliging | Log in om details te zien |
| Varianten | Log in om details te zien |
| Opmerkingen |
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.