Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Cash - Guangxu Tongbao, Kucha, Manchu left and Uyghur right
| Issuer | Kucha Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 1883-1885 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 4.38 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | 光 寶 通 緒 (Translation: Guang Xu Tong Bao Guangxu (Emperor) / Universal currency) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Kucha's mint, one of several re-established across Xinjiang following the Qing reconquest of the region under Zuo Zongtang in 1878, produced this issue as part of a deliberate administrative normalization campaign. The bilingual inscription — pairing Manchu with the local Uyghur script — was not decorative policy but a functional concession to a population that had spent over a decade under Yaqub Beg's Kokandi-backed emirate, where entirely different coinage circulated. Qing authorities needed the new cash to be legible to local traders.
The Kucha issues of this period are notably inconsistent in fabric, a known consequence of recycled metal sourced locally rather than shipped from interior provinces.