10 Cash Tongyuan mix Minguo

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.