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4 Mithqual - Guangxu Ration coinage
| Issuer | Sinkiang Province |
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| Year | 1905 |
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| Value | 4 Mithqual (0.4) |
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| Reverse description | A coiled five-clawed imperial dragon rendered in high relief occupies the central field, its body curling in a full circle with the head facing forward at the top centre. A flaming pearl is positioned at the centre of the dragon's coils, a traditional symbol of imperial power and celestial authority. The dragon's scales, whiskers, claws, and flowing flames are rendered in fine detail consistent with late Qing provincial minting style. The design is framed by a beaded border running along the coin's rim. |
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| Mintage | 1905: ND (1905) |
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Struck at Kashgar mint in the final years of Qing control over Xinjiang, this ration coinage was produced to pay Chinese garrison troops stationed along the volatile Russian and Afghan frontiers — not for general commerce. The term "ration" (餉) in the denomination reflects its military payroll function directly. Kashgar's output was chronically inconsistent; the mint lacked the technical infrastructure of eastern Chinese facilities, and die alignment varies noticeably across surviving pieces.
Russia's expanding influence in Central Asia through the 1890s was the administrative pressure behind regularizing troop payments in the region at all.