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2 Mithqual - Guangxu Ration coinage, with Arabic on obverse, uncircled dragon, type 2, silver
| Issuer | Sinkiang Province |
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| Year | 1905 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 餉 錢 二 銀 جج سح مو شش كى مثقال (Translation: Silver ration / 2 Qian New silver 2 Mithqual) |
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| Edge | Reeded. |
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Sinkiang's ration coinage was produced specifically to pay Qing military garrisons stationed in Chinese Turkestan, a region the dynasty had only formally incorporated as a province in 1884 after decades of Muslim rebellions and Russian encroachment. The Arabic script was not decorative — it was functional, acknowledging that the local Uyghur and Turkic-speaking population had little use for Chinese-character denominations. The mithqual weight standard derived directly from the region's pre-Qing monetary tradition.
The distinction between the "uncircled dragon" and circled variants of Y#4 reflects genuine die differences documented by collectors, not a grading artifact.