USD 500 - 700
2023-01-27 01:00:00
2023-01-30 07:00:00
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 Peoples Republic of China, the citys name was officially changed back to Ürümqi, meaning beautiful pasture in the Oirat language of the Dzungar people.