Item number: A1871

Year: AD 1910-1912

Material: Silver

Size: 38.8 x 38.8 mm

Manufactured by: Shuimogou Machinery Bureau，Dihua

Provenance: Da Chen Stamps and Coins Collection 2015

This is a silver coin issued in October of the 2nd year of Xuantong (AD 1910), shortly after Yuan Dahua, the newly appointed Governor of Xinjiang, procured machinery from Shanghai. Based on the silver coins previously issued by Wang Shunan, the Financial Commissioner of Xinjiang, the new 1-sar silver coin was minted to address the increased military payroll requirements for the stationed troops in Xinjiang.

Both the obverse and reverse sides of the coin are encircled by a beaded border. At the centre of the obverse side, a five-clawed coiled dragon is depicted, exhaling a flaming pearl. Beyond the beaded border, following the order of top, bottom, right, and left, Chagatai script inscriptions correspond to the Chinese text: “ين صی” (salary), “كموش” (silver), “بر” (one), and “سر” (sar).

At the centre of the reverse side, following the order of top, bottom, right, and left, the four Chinese characters “餉銀一兩” (silver salary one sar) are inscribed.

In May of Guangxu 33 (AD 1907), Wang Shunan submitted a petition to establish the Shuimogou Machinery Bureau in the provincial capital, Dihua (modern-day Ürümqi). One month later, large-scale coin production officially commenced. The military payroll silver minted under Wang Shunan included five denominations: 1 sar, 5 mace, 4 mace, 2 mace, and 1 mace. Among these, the 1 sar and 5 mace coins were produced in the greatest quantities.

物件編號: A1871

年代: 公元 1910-1912 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 38.8 x 38.8 mm

製造地: 水磨溝機器局，迪化

來源: 大城郵幣社 2015

這是宣統2年 (公元1910年) 10月，甫上任的新疆巡撫袁大化從上海添購機器，於主管新疆省財務的王樹枏發行之銀幣基礎上，為解決新疆駐軍軍餉增加發行的面額一兩銀幣。

錢幣正反兩面皆有一道珠圈環繞，錢幣正面的中央有一條吐出火球的五爪蟠龍。珠圈的外圍按照上、下、右、左順序，分別以察合台文標示：「ين صی」(餉)、「كموش」(銀)、「بر」 (一) 和 「سر」(兩)。

背面的中央按照上、下、右、左的順序，依序以漢字標示「餉銀一兩」四字。

光緒33年(公元1907年) 5月，王樹枏奏請在省會迪化(烏魯木齊) 成立水磨溝機器局，並且於一個月後正式投入錢幣的量產。王樹枏鑄造的餉銀有：一兩、五錢、四錢、二錢和一錢，總計五種面額。上述面額以一兩和五錢的數量占多數。