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10 Cash Tongyuan mix Minguo
| Issuer | Sinkiang Province |
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| Year | 1928 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a circular dotted border enclosing the characters 民國銅元 (Minguo Tongyuan, meaning 'Republican Copper Coin') arranged around a central dot. The upper arc of the outer legend reads 新省喀造 (Made at Kashgar, Xinjiang Province), while the lower arc reads 當紅錢十文 (Equal to Ten Cash). The cyclical date 戊辰 (corresponding to 1928) appears within the inner legend. All inscriptions are in Chinese characters rendered in a bold, incuse style typical of Sinkiang provincial coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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Sinkiang in 1928 was effectively beyond Beijing's administrative reach, with the provincial warlord Yang Zengxin having just been assassinated in July of that year and his successor Jin Shuren consolidating control through the province's own mint at Dihua. The "Minguo" designation on this issue reflects the nominal Republican calendar, but the coinage was a purely local instrument produced under conditions of near-total fiscal autonomy from the Nationalist government then unifying the rest of China.
KM#Y44.2 distinguishes this variety within the Tongyuan mix series by specific die characteristics. Sinkiang's remote mint infrastructure meant production quality varied considerably across dies, and attribution between varieties often hinges on minor positional differences in the Arabic script elements.