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10 Cash - Tongzhi Tongbao, Kucha
| Issuer | South Xinjiang |
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| Year | 1862-1863 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a multilingual denomination and mint inscription arranged around the central square hole. A single Chinese character 十 (shi, meaning 'ten') appears below the hole, while 庫 (ku, an abbreviation for Kucha) is placed above. To the left of the hole, a Manchu word identifies the Kucha mint, and to the right, the corresponding Old Uyghur (Chagatai) script word provides the same mint name. This trilingual convention — Chinese, Manchu, and Uyghur — is characteristic of Qing-era provincial cash coins struck in Xinjiang. The fields are plain, bounded by raised inner and outer rims consistent with the obverse. |
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Kucha (Kuche) was one of several mints the Qing administration maintained across southern Xinjiang, collectively known as the Nan Lu mints. When the Dungan Revolt spread westward into Xinjiang beginning in 1864, it effectively ended regular imperial coin production across the region. The Tongzhi-era issues from Kucha represent the last gasp of orthodox Qing minting in this mint before the upheaval — Yaqub Beg's forces would soon render the entire provincial monetary apparatus irrelevant for over a decade.