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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;britannia40, post: 3136617, member: 74818&quot;]Xinjiang province is home to Turkic Uyghur Chinese. It is where most the Muslim population of China are located and has major roots to the old Silk Road.</p><p><br /></p><p>Their coins usually contain a mix of Chinese and Arabic. The had varied denominations of currency from the rest of mainland China. You can see the dragon on coins from late Qing dynasty and the 2 flags on coins from the republic period. The metal used for the copper coins in my experience was mostly substandard and had planchet problems and encouraged corrosion.&nbsp; Most you see in the market today have these problems and it&#039;s scarce to find quality ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some examples I just picked up for my Chinese set. </p><p>The copper are 10 Cash coins the silver is 5 Miscals. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]801033[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]801035[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]801036[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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