Item number: A1355

Year: AD 1909-1910

Material: Silver

Size: 31.0 x 31.0 mm

Manufactured by: Kashgar Mint

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2024

This is a “Xuantong Silver Coin” mechanically minted by the Kashgar Mint in southern Xinjiang during the first (AD 1909) to second year (AD 1909) of the Xuantong era. It was produced exclusively in the denomination of 5 Mace. During the Xuantong reign, the Kashgar Mint issued three types of silver coins: Great Qing Silver Coin, Xuantong Silver Coin, and Xuantong Yuanbao.

The obverse side of the coin features two concentric bead circles, with a central design surrounded by pentagonal star motifs. In the order of top, bottom, right, and left, the Chinese characters “宣統銀幣” (Xuantong Silver Coin) are inscribed. Around the outer edge, the minting location “喀什造” (Struck in Kashgar) and the denomination “五錢” (5 Mace) are engraved at the top and sides, respectively. At the bottom edge, there is a faint Uyghur inscription “ضرب كاشقر بەش مىشكال”, which also identifies the minting location as Kashgar and the denomination as 5 Mace.

The reverse side of the coin shows significant wear on the right side, but the details remain recognizable. At the very center, enclosed within a beaded circle, is a five-clawed coiled dragon surrounded by four five-pointed stars. Between the outermost beaded circle and a solid outer ring, there is a continuous floral pattern serving as decorative embellishment.

物件編號: A1355

年代: 公元 1909-1910 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 31.0 x 31.0 mm

製造地: 喀什銀圓局

來源: 福君錢幣 2024

這是一枚宣統元年(公元1909年)至2年(公元1909年)，新疆南部的喀什銀圓局以機械鑄造的「宣統銀幣」，僅有五錢一種面額。喀什銀圓局在宣統年間，先後鑄造大清銀幣、宣統銀幣和宣統元寶三種銀幣。

錢幣正面有兩道珠圈，正中央圍繞著五角星紋飾，按上、下、右、左的順序鐫刻漢字「宣統銀幣」字樣。外圍的上緣和左右兩側，分別以漢字打印鑄造地「喀什造」和面額「五錢」。最下緣以模糊的維吾爾文「ضرب كاشقر بەش مىشكال」標示鑄造地點和面額「喀什造，五錢」。

錢幣背面的右側磨蝕較為嚴重，尚能辨別錢幣的細節。最中央是一隻被珠圈包圍的五爪蟠龍和四枚五角星圖案。最外圍的珠圈和實心圓之間，則有連續的花草紋飾作為裝飾。