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10 Cash - Guangxu Tongbao, Kashgar, Manchu right and Uyghur left
| Issuer | Qing Dynasty (China) |
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| Year | 1882-1892 |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this cast copper cash features a central square perforation with a raised inner rim, flanked by multilingual inscriptions identifying the mint and denomination. To the right of the square hole, Manchu script reads ᡴᠠᠰᡥᡤᠠᡵ (Kashgar); to the left, Old Uyghur (Chagatai Arabic) script reads كاشغر (Kashgar). The Chinese character 喀 (Ka, an abbreviation for Kashgar) appears at the upper left, while 十 (Shi, meaning ten) appears at the lower right, together denoting the value of 10 Cash. The trilingual format is characteristic of Xinjiang provincial coinage produced at the Kashgar Mint under the Guangxu reign. |
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| Mintage | ND (1882-1892) - Hartill#22.1471: Tong with one dot - ND (1882-1892) - Hartill#22.1472: Tong with two dots - |
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Kashgar's mint reopened in 1878 following Zuo Zongtang's brutal reconquest of Xinjiang from Yaqub Beg's Kokandi-backed emirate — a campaign that ended fourteen years of Qing absence from the region. These coins were part of a deliberate policy of monetary reintegration, with the bilingual Manchu and Uyghur legends serving the practical need to circulate among a population that had used entirely different coinage under the intervening regime. The local copper supply was inconsistent, and weight variation across this series is well documented.