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SINKIANG: Republic, AR sar (tael), Urumqi, year 6 (1917), PCGS MS62

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SINKIANG: Republic, AR sar (tael), Urumqi, year 6 (1917), PCGS MS62
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This item SOLD at 2023 Jan 27 @ 14:47UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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SINKIANG: Republic, AR sar (tael), Urumqi, year 6 (1917), Y-45, L&M-837, with rosette above variety, PCGS graded MS62. With mintname as Tihwa (Dihwa) in Chinese and Ürümqi in Uyghur. The Manchus began construction of a walled city next to the former Dzungar city of Ürümqi in 1763 which was completed in 1767. The Qianlong Emperor named the new settlement Dihua (Tihwa), meaning 'to enlighten [the uncivilized people].' In 1884, the Guangxu Emperor established Xinjiang as a province, with Dihua as its capital, although the pre-Qing dynasty name of Ürümqi continued to be used by the Turkic population. In 1954, following the founding of the People's Republic of China, the city's name was officially changed back to Ürümqi, meaning 'beautiful pasture' in the Oirat language of the Dzungar people.