QING: Qian Long, 1736-1795, AE cash (3.71g), Aksu mint, Xinjiang Province, H-22.383, variety with scarce reverse orientation, "red cash" (hong qian) issue, cast 1878-83, F-VF. "Red cash" 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, with standard cash coins, was adopted in Southern Xinjiang where the pul coins of Dzungaria circulated earlier the pul-system was continued but some of the old Dzungar pul coins were melted down to make Qianlong Tongbao cash coins at Xinjiang mints, 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 wen each, but at times were only valued at 5 wen.
Estimate: 50-75 USD