Item number: A3711

Year: AD 1928

Material: Copper

Size: 31.9 x 31.6 x 2.2 mm

Weight: 13.8 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 the 17th year of the Republic (AD 1928).

The obverse of the coin features a central beaded circle enclosing the national title “中華民國” (Republic of China), arranged in the order top, bottom, right, and left. Outside the beaded circle, the cyclical year “戊辰” (Wu-Chen) appears on both the left and right sides as dividing markers. The upper edge bears the inscription “新疆喀(什)造” (Minted in Kashgar, Xinjiang), while the lower edge displays the denomination “當紅錢十文” (Valid Red Money, 10 Cash).

The Wuchen 10-Cash series is highly diverse in its varieties. On the obverse alone, variations include the inscription styles “民國銅元” versus “中華民國”, differences in the rendering of the mint location (“新(疆)省喀(什)造” vs. “新疆喀(什)造”), as well as the presence or absence of decorative central elements such as beads or floral motifs.

The reverse of the coin is also encircled by a beaded border. At its centre is the Blue Sky with a White Sun emblem, which served as the national emblem of the Nanjing Nationalist Government that claimed nominal authority over all of China. At the very centre of the emblem, the two vertically arranged Chinese characters “銅元” (Copper Coin) are inscribed.

The reverse design also exists in multiple varieties, with differences such as whether the sun rays of the emblem are rendered in solid or hollow form, as well as variations in the central inscription—using “銅元”, “日”, or Chagatai script.

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: A3711

年代: 公元 1928 年

材質: 紅銅

尺寸: 31.9 x 31.6 x 2.2 mm

重量: 13.8 g

製造地: 喀什

來源: 斯賓克拍賣行 2023

這是一枚民國17年 (公元1928年)，位於南疆的綠洲大城喀什所鑄造的面額十文銅幣。

錢幣正面的中央有一道珠圈環繞，珠圈內部是按照上、下、右、左順序排列的國號「中華民國」。珠圈外圍的左右兩側以干支紀年「戊辰」作為分界線，上緣打印地名「新疆喀(什)造」，下緣則是面額「當紅錢十文」。戊辰十文的版型十分多元，以正面的版型來說具有「民國銅元/中華民國」和「新(疆)省喀(什)造/新疆喀(什)造」，乃至正中央是否有珠點或花飾作為裝飾等差異。

錢幣背面的周圍亦以一道珠圈環繞，正中央的圖案是名義上統一全中國的南京國民政府使用的青天白日國徽，國徽正中央是直書的漢字「銅元」二字。錢幣背面也有不同的版型，有國徽的光芒是實心或空心的差異，以及正中央是打印漢字「銅元/日」或察合台文等差異。

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。