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2 Mithqual - Guangxu Ration coinage, with Arabic on obverse, uncircled dragon, type 1, silver
| Issuer | Sinkiang Province |
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| Year | 1905 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears four Chinese ideograms arranged vertically, reading top to bottom and right to left, denoting the denomination and issuing authority. The Chinese characters are surrounded by a continuous Arabic legend encircling the entire design, incorporating both the Uyghur-Arabic and Chinese monetary nomenclature. The composition reflects the bilingual administrative character of Sinkiang Province's coinage under the Guangxu Emperor, intended to serve both Chinese and Turkic-speaking populations. No inner circle or border ring confines the central inscription, leaving the characters to occupy the open field directly. The whole is bounded by a fine beaded border at the coin's periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | جج سح 餉 اكى مثقال 錢 二 銀 مو شش (Translation: Silver ration / 2 Qian New silver 2 Mithqual) |
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Sinkiang's ration coinage was never intended for general commerce. These pieces were struck to pay Muslim soldiers and laborers in the far northwest, where Qing authority was perpetually contested and Beijing's standard currency held little practical weight. The Arabic script reflects a deliberate accommodation of the region's Uyghur-speaking population — a rare concession in Qing monetary policy, and one that distinguishes this series from virtually every other provincial issue of the period.
The uncircled dragon variant on Y#4 predates the bordered type, placing it among the earlier die configurations from the Aksu or Kashgar mint operations. Sinkiang maintained multiple mint facilities simultaneously, and attributing specific strikes to individual facilities remains an open problem in the series.