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10 Cash Type 1
| Issuer | Sinkiang Province |
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| Year | 1912 |
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| Diameter | 33 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a circular arrangement of Chinese characters reading the denomination and place of issue, surrounded by an outer ring of additional Chinese ideograms conveying the date and authority of issue. The legend, arranged concentrically within a beaded border, reads in full: 'Each piece worth 10 Cash, General use in Sinkiang, Year 1 of the Republic of China.' The inscription is bold and deeply struck, with characters radiating outward from the central grouping in a symmetrical layout characteristic of early Republican provincial coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Two large diamond-shaped lozenges, decorated with floral and foliate arabesques within their borders, are arranged in a crossed or saltire fashion at the centre of the field, representing stylised flags of the early Chinese Republic. Above and below the crossed flags, Chinese cyclical date characters appear in the field. The entire design is contained within a beaded border, and the overall composition is bold and graphic, typical of Sinkiang provincial copper coinage of the early Republican period. |
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Sinkiang's 1912 copper cash issues emerged in the immediate chaos following the Xinhai Revolution, when provincial authorities across China scrambled to assert fiscal control before Beijing could reassert central authority. The Ili mint, which produced this type, had already experienced severe disruption from the Ili Rebellion that began in late 1911 — one of the more violent regional uprisings that accompanied the dynasty's collapse.
Y#A39.1 distinguishes this as the first die variety of the type, differentiated from subsequent emissions by specific rosette and dot placements in the design field.