Item number: A3292

Year: AD 1913 (AH 1331)

Material: Silver

Size: 31.5 x 31.6 mm

Manufactured by: Kashgar Mint

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2025

This is a silver salary coin minted between the Xuantong 3rd year and the 2nd year of the Republic of China (AD 1911–1913), issued by the Kashgar Mint in southern Xinjiang. The coin was produced by hand, modelled after the Silver Salary minted in Dihua (Urumqi), and is available in a single denomination of 5 Mace.

On the obverse of the coin, moving from the outer edge inward, there is a beaded circle followed by a solid inner ring. At the centre of the solid ring appears a five-clawed coiled dragon, the emblem of the Qing Empire, with a five-pointed star emerging from its mouth.

The left and right sides of the outer field are marked with five-pointed stars serving as separators. At the top, the Chinese characters “喀什” (Kashgar) are inscribed, indicating the minting location.

Along the bottom edge, written from left to right in Chagatai Arabic script, are the following elements: “ضرب قاشغر” (Zarb Qāshghar), meaning “Minted in Kashgar”; “شاڭ يىن پەش چىن” (Silver Salary, 5 Mace), meaning “Military Payment Silver, Five Mace”; and the Hijri year “۱۳۳۱” (corresponding to AD 1913), indicating the date of issue.

In AD 1913, although the Qing Empire had already been replaced by the Republic of China, coins minted in Kashgar still featured the imperial coiled dragon, a symbol traditionally associated with Qing authority. Located in the remote western frontier, Kashgar had limited contact with other provinces of China, and this coin vividly reflects the political instability and communication disconnect that characterised the transitional period.

The reverse of the coin features two concentric beaded circles. At the centre, surrounding a five-pointed star, the denomination “餉銀五錢” (Silver Salary, 5 Mace) is inscribed in Chinese characters, arranged in the order of top, bottom, right, and left. In the four outer corners beyond the beaded circles, a five-pointed star is placed at each corner as a decorative element.

After the revolutionary forces in Hubei fired the first shot in October AD 1911 to overthrow the Qing government, provinces across central China quickly responded to the call for independence. Facing this upheaval, the Qing imperial court initially planned to retreat westward to Xinjiang to stage a comeback. However, in January AD 1912, a pro-republic uprising erupted in Xinjiang, forcing the Qing court to abandon its plan. Following Xinjiang’s declaration of support for the republic, the province fell into internal struggles among competing factions. Eventually, power was consolidated by Yang Zengxin, who ruled Xinjiang until his assassination in AD 1928.

物件編號: A3292

年代: 公元 1913 年 (回曆 1331 年)

材質: 銀

尺寸: 31.5 x 31.6 mm

製造地: 喀什銀圓局

來源: 福君錢幣 2025

這是宣統3年至民國2年 (公元1911至1913年)，位於南疆的喀什銀圓局參考迪化(烏魯木齊) 發行的餉銀，以手工方式製造的餉銀銀幣，僅有五錢一種面額。

錢幣正面從外而內，分別有一道珠圈和實心圓。實心圓的正中央還保有象徵清帝國的五爪蟠龍，中間吐著一枚五角星。外圍的左右兩側以五角星作為分野，上緣以漢字打印地名「喀什」，下緣從左至右以察合台文，分別打印鑄造地點「ضرب قاشغر」(鑄造於喀什)、面額「شاڭ يىن پەش چىن」(餉銀五錢) 和發行的回曆年份「۱۳۳۱」(1331)。

公元1913年，清帝國早已為中華民國取代，然而卻仍然在錢幣上使用象徵清帝國的蟠龍。喀什地處西陲，且跟中國其他省份的交流較少，充分紀錄當時的局勢混亂和訊息閉塞的特色。

錢幣背面有兩道珠圈，正中央按上、下、右、左順序，圍繞著五角星以漢字打印面額「餉銀五錢」。珠圈外圍的四個角落各以一枚五角星作為裝飾。

公元1911年10月，駐守於湖北的新軍發起推翻清政府的起義第一槍後，中原各省紛紛響應獨立的號召。清皇室面對這樣的變局，原有打算西遷至新疆圖謀東山再起的打算。然而公元1912年1月，新疆當地也爆發響應共和的起義，使得清皇室原先的計畫只能被迫打消。新疆宣布擁護共和後，省內仍陷入各個勢力爭權的混亂之中，最終由楊增新獨攬新疆大權直到公元1928年遭到刺殺身亡為止。