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5 Cash
| Issuer | Sinkiang Province |
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| Year | 1912 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features four large Chinese characters arranged in a cruciform pattern filling the central field, reading 中華民國 (Republic of China), with the characters 銅幣 (Copper Coin) flanking vertically on the right and left. The overall layout is bold and architecturally structured, with the ideograms rendered in high relief against a flat field. A beaded border runs along the coin's circumference, framing the inscription. No pictorial device or effigy is present; the design is entirely typographic in character, reflecting the austerity of early Republican-era provincial coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中 幣華銅 民 國 (Translation: Republic of China / Copper coin) |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a square central device reminiscent of a traditional cash coin hole, rendered in relief and surrounded by a beaded inner border. Encircling this central motif is a band of Uyghur-Arabic script rendered in flowing cursive, denoting the denomination and mint of issue. An outer legend in Chinese characters occupies the periphery, reading 文五錢紅當 (Each piece worth 5 Cash) on the upper arc and 造喀疆新 (Made in Kashgar, Sinkiang) on the lower arc. The combination of Chinese and Arabic scripts reflects the bilingual administrative character of Sinkiang Province under the early Republic. The overall design is provincial in execution, with somewhat irregular strike quality consistent with the Kashgar Mint's output of this period. |
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