▁question . ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁c ash ▁co ins ▁pres umably ▁issued ▁by ▁the ▁Kh itan ▁Northern ▁L iao ▁dynast y : ▁ ▁Western ▁L iao ▁dynast y ▁( Q ara ▁Kh it ai ▁Khan ate ) ▁▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁and ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁three ▁spec im ens ▁of ▁c ash ▁co ins ▁produced ▁by ▁the ▁Q ara ▁Kh it ai ▁Khan ate ▁were ▁un ear th ed ▁in ▁K yr gy z stan , ▁the ▁first ▁spec imen ▁of ▁these ▁c ash ▁co ins ▁were ▁initially ▁thought ▁to ▁bear ▁the ▁ins cription ▁" J ix ing ▁Y uan ba o " ▁( <0xE7> <0xB8> <0xBE> <0xE8> <0x88> <0x88> 元 <0xE5> <0xAF> <0xB3> ) ▁but ▁after ▁the ▁second ▁one ▁was ▁un ear th ed ▁its ▁ins cription ▁was ▁better ▁understood . ▁ ▁Western ▁X ia ▁dynast y ▁▁ ▁The ▁Tang ut ▁Western ▁X ia ▁dynast y ▁produced ▁both ▁c ash ▁co ins ▁with ▁Chinese ▁and ▁Tang ut ▁ins cri ptions . ▁Despite ▁issu ing ▁co ins ▁the ▁economy ▁of ▁the ▁Tang ut ▁Empire ▁mostly ▁re lied ▁on ▁bar ter ▁which ▁is ▁why ▁Western ▁X ia ▁era ▁co ins ▁today ▁are ▁rare . ▁ ▁With ▁Tang ut ▁ins cri ptions ▁▁ ▁Co ins ▁with ▁Tang ut ▁ins cri ptions : ▁ ▁With ▁Chinese ▁ins cri ptions ▁ ▁Jin ▁dynast y ▁( 1 1 1 5 – 1 2 3 4 ) ▁▁ ▁C ash ▁co ins ▁produced ▁by