Sinkiang ND (1906) 5 miscals Y-25

from the Yuan Collection

from the Yuan Collection

Sinkiang (Xinjiang) was for many years an autonomous region covering much of the western part of China, and was center stage for the various ‘Silk Road’ routes connecting eastern China with Central Asia, the Middle East, and ultimately Europe. The region was made a province of China in 1884, and at about this time only three of the previous eight mints were operative (Kashgar, Tihwa, and Aksu). The shown example of a non-dated 5 miscals was struck at the Kashgar mint.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 17.20 g, silver

Catalog reference: Y-25.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Kann, Eduard. Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins, Vol. 1 of 3. Bronx, NY: Ishi Press International, 2006.
• Lin Gwo Ming, Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Gold & Silver Coins: Ching and Republican Issues, Seventh Edition, Hong Kong: Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., Ltd., 2012.

Links to:

• AH 1323 3 miscal Y-20.1
• AH 1323 3 miscal Y-20.2
• AH 1325 5 mace Y-35a
• AH 1310 5 mace Y-15
• AH 1311 5 mace Y-15
• AH 1321 5 miscal Y-19a.1
• (1905) 1 sar Y-7
• Coins and currency dated 1906
• return to China, Sinkiang Province