10 Cash - Guangxu Tongbao; Kashgar; Uyghur right and Manchu left

10 Cash - Guangxu (Tongbao; Kashgar; Uyghur right and Manchu left) - obverse10 Cash - Guangxu (Tongbao; Kashgar; Uyghur right and Manchu left) - reverse

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Features

Issuer South Xinjiang (Xinjiang region)
Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1892-1907
Value 10 Cash
Currency Cash (1759-1909)
Composition Copper
Weight 3.54 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1.1 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
178502
References Hartill# 22.1473
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left.

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
 光
寶 通
 緒

Translation:
Guang Xu Tong Bao
Guangxu (Emperor) / Universal currency

Reverse

One Chinese ideogram above an below, one Uyghur word to the right, and one Manchu word to the left.

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Mongolian / Manchu, Old Uyghur

Lettering:

ᠪᠣᠣ كاشغر

Translation:
Ka / Shi / Kshgr / Boo
Kashgar (mint) / 10 Cash / Kashgar (mint) / Mint

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Kashgar Mint, Xinjiang, China (1855-1934)

Comments

Over the years, the quality of striking deteriorated and the characters became coarser and coarser. This is supposedly due to the increase in the quantity struck from 1890 onwards which led the workshop to double in size within 2-3 years.Automatically translated

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ND (1892-1907)  Hartill#22.1473-1474: Minor varieties

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