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10 Cash - Qianlong Posthumous Tongbao, A Shi, Aksu
| Issuer | Aksu Mint (Qing Dynasty) |
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| Year | 1885-1892 |
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| Value | 10 Cash |
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| Reverse description | Cast reverse centered on a square perforation with raised inner and outer rims. The field is divided into four quadrants by the inner rim, bearing mint and denomination inscriptions in three scripts: the Chinese character 阿 (A) appears in the upper position, the Manchu script ᠠᡴᠰᡠ (Aksu) to the right, the Old Uyghur Arabic script اقسو (Aqsu) to the left, and the Chinese numeral 十 (shi, meaning ten) in the lower position. The legends collectively identify the issuing mint as Aksu and denote the denomination of 10 Cash. The reverse surface is heavily patinated with green encrustation, with some legend detail partially obscured by wear and corrosion. |
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| Mint | Aksu Mint |
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The posthumous Qianlong issues struck at Aksu were a deliberate political fiction — by the 1880s, the Qing court was authorizing coins bearing an emperor's reign title decades after his death, a practice rooted in the administrative chaos following the Dungan Revolt and the near-total collapse of Xinjiang's monetary infrastructure. Aksu itself had been retaken from Yaqub Beg's forces only in 1876, and the mint's reopening was as much a statement of reasserted Han authority as it was a practical response to the province's coin shortage.
The "A Shi" mintmark identifies this as a Kashgarian-region issue under the reorganized Xinjiang minting system established after Zuo Zongtang's reconquest campaign.