Item number: A3710

Year: AD 1916

Material: Copper

Size: 32.5 x 32.7 x 1.9 mm

Weight: 14.3 g

Manufactured by: Kashgar

Provenance: Spink 2023

This is a 10-Cash copper coin minted in the oasis city of Kashgar in southern Xinjiang in AH 1334 (corresponding to AD 1916).

The obverse of the coin features two concentric beaded circles. At the very centre is a dot surrounded by the four Chinese characters “中華民國” (Republic of China), arranged in the order top, bottom, right, and left. Outside the beaded circle, the left and right sides are marked with the characters “銅幣” (Copper Coin) serving as dividers. The upper edge bears the denomination “當紅錢十文” (Valid Red Money, 10 Cash), while the lower edge displays the mint location “新疆喀(什)造” (Minted in Kashgar, Xinjiang).

The reverse features the crossed vertical-striped Five-Coloured Flags motif, a design commonly seen on early Republican-era coinage in Xinjiang. Along the upper edge of the Five-Coloured Flags design, Chagatai script inscriptions read “كاشق رد قىلفان” (Struck in Kashgar) and the Hijri date “١٣٣۴” (AH 1334). The lower edge bears the denomination “اون داچن ليک مس جل” (worth ten red cash), which is decorated with floral motifs in a distinctly Islamic artistic style.

During the late Qing and early Republican periods, Xinjiang had three official mints issuing copper coins. The earliest was the Dihua Copper Coin Bureau, located in the provincial capital, which operated from Guangxu 33 (AD 1907) to the 20th year of the Republic (AD 1931). The other two were the Kashgar Copper Coin Bureau, active from the 1st to the 23rd year of the Republic (AD 1912–1934), and the Aksu Copper Coin Bureau, which operated from the 1st to the 3rd year of the Republic (AD 1912–1914).

These mints employed traditional manual techniques supplemented by mechanical processes, resulting in a highly diverse and complex range of copper coin varieties in Xinjiang.

物件編號: A3710

年代: 公元 1916 年

材質: 紅銅

尺寸: 32.5 x 32.7 x 1.9 mm

重量: 14.3 g

製造地: 喀什

來源: 斯賓克拍賣行 2023

這是一枚回曆1334年 (公元1916年)，位於南疆的綠洲大城喀什鑄造的面額十文銅幣。

錢幣正面有兩道珠圈，正中央是圍繞著圓點，按照上、下、右、左順序排列的漢字「中華民國」。珠圈外圍的左右兩側以「銅幣」作為分界線，上緣打印面額「當紅錢十文」，下緣則是地名「新疆喀(什)造」。

錢幣背面則是民國初年，新疆當地常見的雙面交叉直條紋五色旗圖案。五色旗上緣以察合台文打印地點「كاشق رد قىلفان」(鑄造於喀什)和回曆紀年「١٣٣۴」(1334)，下緣則是以極具伊斯蘭藝術風格花草紋飾裝飾的面額「اون داچن ليک مس جل」(值紅錢十枚)。

新疆於清末民初之際，全省共有三個發行銅元的單位，分別是最早開辦於光緒33年(公元1907年) 至民國20年(公元1931年) 位於省會的迪化銅元局，還有民國元年至23年(公元1912至1934年) 的喀什銅元局和民國元年至3年(公元1912至1914年)的阿克蘇銅元局。這些單位以機械輔助傳統的手工工藝鑄造銅幣，使得新疆的銅幣版型十分複雜多元。