Item number: A1960

Year: AD 1908 (AH 1326)

Material: Silver

Size: 32.2 x 32.3 x 2.2 mm

Weight: 18.0 g

Manufactured by: Kashgar Mint

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2024

This is a Great Qing Silver Coin minted in Hijri year 1326 (AD 1908) by the Kashgar Mint in Xinjiang, modelled after coins issued by the Ministry of Revenue. Unlike other provinces that employed mechanical minting methods, Kashgar continued to use traditional Central Asian handcraft techniques to produce its coins. The silver coins minted in Kashgar were issued in three denominations: 1 Tael, 5 Mace, and 2 Mace.

The obverse of the coin features two beaded circles. At the centre is a five-clawed coiled dragon with exaggerated, cartoon-like large eyes. On the outer perimeter, decorative elements are arranged symmetrically: the bottom displays intertwined floral motifs, with a vine bearing two leaves on the left side and a cotton branch with buds on the right. At the top, the coin is adorned with a fourteen-petalled chrysanthemum as a decorative element.

The reverse side of the coin also features two beaded circles. At the centre, the Chinese characters “Great Qing Silver Coin” are arranged in a circular pattern following the sequence: top, bottom, right, and left, surrounding a ten-petalled chrysanthemum motif. The mint location “Kashgar” is inscribed at the upper edge, while the denomination “Xiangping Five Mace” is engraved at the lower edge.

Following the reconquest of Xinjiang by General Zuo Zongtang in AD 1877, Hunanese people became a significant political force in the region during the late Qing and early Republican periods. As a result, Xinjiang’s currency weight standard adopted the “Xiangping” system used in Hunan.

On the left and right sides of the coin, Uyghur inscriptions appear: “ضرب كاشۇ” (“Minted in Kashgar”) on the left, and “شبمىشقال” (“5 Mace”) on the right, corresponding to the mint location and denomination. Below the Chagatai inscription “شۇ”, the Hijri year “۱۳۲۶” (1326) is marked using Persian numerals, indicating the coin’s Islamic calendar minting date. The edge of the coin is encircled by symmetrical rectangular motifs as a decorative border.

物件編號: A1960

年代: 公元 1908 年 (回曆 1326 年)

材質: 銀

尺寸: 32.2 x 32.3 x 2.2 mm

重量: 18.0 g

製造地: 喀什銀圓局

來源: 福君錢幣 2024

這是一枚回曆1326年(公元1908年)，新疆喀什銀圓局效仿戶部鑄造的大清銀幣。不同於其他省份以機械鑄幣，喀什仍沿用中亞傳統的手工方式打造錢幣。喀什鑄造的大清銀幣，分別有壹兩、伍錢和二錢，總計三種面額。

錢幣正面有兩道珠圈，正中央是一隻具有卡通風格的大眼五爪蟠龍。外圍兩側分別是底部交叉打結一起的花飾，左側為雙葉生的枝蔓，右側為帶著花苞的棉桃枝條，頂部以一個十四瓣的菊花為飾。

錢幣背面亦有兩道珠圈，中央是按照上、下、右、左順序，圍繞著十瓣菊花飾的漢字「大清銀幣」字樣。錢幣上緣以漢字打印鑄造地「喀什」，下緣則是面額「湘平伍錢」。自公元1877年，湘軍將領左宗棠成功替清帝國收復新疆以後，湖南人便成為清末民初在新疆不可小覷的政治勢力，故新疆貨幣的制重是以湖南採用的「湘平」為計算。左右兩側以維吾爾文，分別打印「ضرب كاشۇ」和「شبمىشقال」即「鑄造於喀什」和面額「伍錢」的意思。地名「شۇ」下方還以波斯數字標示回曆年份「۱۳۲۶」(1326)。錢幣側邊則以對稱的矩形圖騰環繞。