Watch List notes:

QING:LOT of 83 Xinjiang (Sinkiang) "red cash" (hóng qián) types including by Hartill numbers; Qian Long H-22.931, 22.432, 22,431, 22.437, 22.377, 22. 383, 22.374, 22.408, 22.410, 22.412, 22.417, 22.426, 22.380, 22.385, 22.386, 22.387, 22.392, 22.393, 22.396, 22.400, 22.401, 22.402, 22.377, 22.379, 22.433, 22.435, Jia Qing H-22.561, 22.560, 22.563, 22.562, 22.564, Dao Guang H-22.652, 22.654, 22.655, 22.656, 22.658, 22.659, 22.660, 22.661, 22.666, 22.668, 22.669, Xian Feng H-22.1076, 22.1099, 22.1109, 22.1075, 22.1110, 22.1074, Tong Zhi H-22.1129/31, 22.1224, 22.1225, 22.1230, 22.1236, 22.1231, 22.1228, 22.1237, 22.1238, Guang Xu H-22.1501, 22.1503, 22.1505, 22.1508, 22.1492, 22.1493, 22.1494, 22.1497, 22.1498, 22.1464, 22.1467, 22.1469, 22.1470, 22.1473, 22.1474, 22.1478, 22.1480, 22.1482, 22.1484, 22.1485, 22.1487, 22.1488, 22.1490, 22.1491, Xuan Tong H-22.1521, a wonderful collection of "red cash" coinage, viewing highly recommended, retail value $1250, lot of 83 items, ex Shawn Hamilton Collection. "Red cash coins" are the cash coins produced in Xinjiang under Qing rule following the conquest of the Dzungar Khanate by the Qing dynasty in 1757. While in Northern Xinjiang the monetary system of China proper was used, Southern Xinjiang where the copper pul coins of Dzungaria circulated earlier the pul-system was continued. Some of the old Dzungar pul coins were melted down to make Qianlong Tongbao cash coins, as pul coins were usually around 98% copper they tended to be very red in color which gave the cash coins based on the pul coins the nickname "red cash coins". Because of their high copper content, "red cash coins" were usually valued at 10 wén (cash) a piece, but at times were only valued at 5 wén.

Estimate: 600-800 USD