5 Mithqual - Xuantong Ka Shen Zao, Yinbi

Kashgar's silver coinage of this period occupies a peculiar administrative limbo. The mint operated under nominal Qing authority during Xuantong's reign — the last emperor, enthroned at age two in 1908 — while the province itself remained a patchwork of Chinese imperial control, Russian commercial influence, and restive local populations. The "Ka Shen Zao" inscription indicates Kashgar mint manufacture, distinguishing it from the Urumqi issues of the same reign.

Xuantong abdicated in February 1912, making this a two-year window at most. Many Sinkiang silver pieces of this type show adjustment marks from the weighing process, reflecting the region's commodity-silver economy rather than a fully monetized one.