Watch List notes:

QING: Dao Guang, 1821-1850, AE palace cash (23.72g), CCH-411, 43mm, curtain-hanging money, tian xia tai ping ("heaven below great peace"), light scratches on rims, VF, ex Wéiduolìya Collection. Palace cash may or may not be considered a type of amulet. These were made as New Year's gifts to people in the Imperial Palace, usually eunuchs and guards, who often hung them below lamps or curtains. Hartill, in "Qing Cash " (Royal Numismatic Society, 2003) agrees they were handed out as gifts in the Palace, but only upon the establishment of each new reign title, and were wrapped in red cloth.

Estimate: 200- 300 USD