2 Mithqual - Guangxu Kashgar, Er Qian Ka Zao

Kashgar's mint operated under perpetual administrative tension during the late Qing period — nominally subordinate to Beijing but functionally dependent on local governors whose relationship with central authority was, at best, irregular. The 2 Mithqual denomination reflects this: the mithqual was a Central Asian weight standard with no meaningful connection to the Chinese tael system, a deliberate accommodation of the region's Uyghur and Turkic merchant networks rather than an imposition of Han monetary conventions.

Y#17a.1 is distinguished from the base Y#17a by die characteristics specific to this Kashgar production. The 1903–1904 window was brief; political instability and chronic silver supply problems curtailed output sharply.