拍品描述： 1907年（AH1325）新疆喀什道大清银币湘平弌两银币，Y26.1, Kann 1115, Chang CH163, L&M742 (E61)，NGC VF20。新疆喀什道湘平弌两大清银币，制作简朴，正面中间刊写“大清银币”四字，上方刊写“喀什道”三字，下纪值“湘平弌两”四字，右边纪维文“喀什制造”，左边用维文纪值“一两”和纪年“1325”（回曆，即西元1907年，清光绪33年）。背面是仿日本龙洋图，上方嵌一朵菊花，左右是樱花和菊花，下是绸带同心结。由于是手工打制币，压力不平衡，印花和图文不很清晰，但它的珍罕性，钱币界共知，身价不菲。 这种极为珍罕的钱币在中国钱币届是非常独特的——它是唯一一种以行政机关“道”的名义所铸的钱币。在清朝，一个省可以分为若干个府或辖区，每个府或辖区又分为很多的县。“道”是省的另一种分法，包括一个或一个以上的府或州，由道台管理。在这枚钱币的上方刻有“喀什道”三字。钱币被铸造的时候（AH1325），喀什道包括英吉沙县、麦盖提县、疏勒县、莎车县等。但是，张璜在他的《中国银圆及银两币目录》一书中指出，这里的“道”可能是“造”被错写了，因为很多喀什和新疆钱币上都有这个“造”字，而且和“道”看上去也很相似。相应的1907年湘平五钱（Kann 1116）上就是“喀什造”三个字。有趣的是，耿爱德在他的书上列出了这枚钱币，却没有注意到上面是“道”，而把它读作“造”。克劳斯《世界硬币标淮目录》也重複了这个错误。其实不然，据史料记载：光绪8年（1882年），清政府在粉碎阿古柏匪帮于光绪10年正式建省，以乌鲁木齐为省会，刘锦堂被任命为首任新疆巡抚。全省先后设镇迪、阿克苏、喀什、伊塔四道，下辖府十六、厅十一、直隶州二、州一、县二十一、分县二。从此，新疆在行政组织上便同内地各省完全划一，各级行政官吏均归中史政府任命。由此可见，“道”是指清代省府之间集军事、政治、经济、文化、交通为一体的行政机关，既为行政机关，以道政府的名义铸币合乎情理。二用“弌”字代“一”这种写法，其目的是为了克服笔划太多，影响打压后的钱文清晰度，笔划太少又不便于防伪，所以笔者以为“喀什道湘平弌两大清银币”採用了以“弌”代“一”的防伪铸造工艺是十分正确的，也非常有民族特色。 这枚钱币弥足珍贵，排在新疆十珍第六位，存世量极少。在最新版林国明目录中，它的定价为15,000美金。CHINA-SINKIANG 1907(AH1325) One Tael Silver, Ta Ching Series, Y26.1, Kann 1115, Chang CH163, L&M742(E61),NGC VF20. This rare and exciting coin is unique among Chinese coins - it is the only Chinese coin to bear the administrative term "tao" (dao). In Ching (Qing) dynasty times, a province was divided into several "fu" or prefectures, each of which was divided into a number of "hsien" (xian) or counties. The "tao" which is translated "circuit" in English, is another division of a province, consisting of one or more prefectures or departments (chou), and is headed by a taotai. When cities are named on Chinese coins, the administrative term for that kind of city is normally omitted. On this coin, we find at the top of the obverse the inscription "Ke Shih Tao" (Keshi dao), which means "Kashgar Circuit." At the time this coin was made (the Muslim Year 1325), the Kashgar circuit consisted of the subprefectures of Yinghesar (Yingeshar) and Marapash, and the departments of Su Le, So Che, and Khotan. However, as H. Chang points out in his book, "Silver Dollars and Taels of China," the use of "tao" on this coin is almost certainly an error for the word "tsao" which appears on many other Kashgar and Sinkiang coins, and looks similar to "tao." The matching 1907 Kashgar 5 Mace coin (Kann 1116) has the word "tsao" following the name Kashgar, which means simply "Made in Kashgar." Interestingly Kann lists and illustrates the Kashgar Tao Tael, but he didnt notice that the word was "tao" and he reads it as "tsao." The Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins repeats this mistake. A fascinating piece and one of the rarest of all Sinkiang coins - only a handful of examples are known to exist. It is priced at US $15,000 in the new Lin Guoming catalog.