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Auction: CSS36 - Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1508

China, Sinkiang Province / Chinese Turkestan, rebel Ya'qub Beg (1865-77), Tangas (½-Miscal) (2), 1.76, 1.77g, Kashgar, AH12 / 129-, AH12 / 93, 'Abd al-'Aziz Khan within ornamental border, rev. zarb-i Kashghar-i Latif, within ornamental circular border, latif at top (Nastich & Schuster E09, 9a; Album P3090; KM. C37.1.1), very fine, rare (2)

Ya'qub Beg served as an army officer of the Khoqand Khanate. After leading a successful rebellion, he made Kashgar his capital in 1865, and proclaimed himself amir of the independent state of Kashgaria in 1867. From this time until 1877 the Chinese lost control of most cities in Sinkiang (Xinjiang). Ya'qub Beg sought an alliance and support from the Ottoman sultan, 'Abd ak-'Aziz,an he is named on a series of coins dating from 1873.

provenance
ex. Nicholas Rhodes Collection



新疆餉銀半錢，VF，稀有

Sold for
HK$1,500