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20 Cash Urumchi, type 2
| Issuer | Sinkiang Province |
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| Year | 1930 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts two crossed flags, their staffs intersecting at a ribbon or knot, with a decorative bowl or vessel motif positioned below the intersection. The flags are rendered in a simple but bold style typical of early Republican provincial issues. Two Chinese ideograms reading 幣銅 (Copper Coin) appear above the crossed flags, serving as the primary reverse legend. The design is unbordered, with the motifs occupying the full field of the flan. |
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| Mintage | 7 (1930) - 午庚 |
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Urumchi (Ürümqi) operated as one of several provincial mints attempting to stabilize Sinkiang's chronically fragmented monetary situation during the late Republican period. The Type 2 designation distinguishes this issue from its near-identical predecessor by subtle die differences documented in the Y# series — the kind of variation that emerges when remote mints worked with limited supervision and inconsistent tooling. Sinkiang's distance from Nanking meant monetary policy was effectively local, and these large copper cash pieces circulated in an economy that still ran partly on barter and Russian-influenced silver.