Watch List notes:

China, Xinjiang Province (Sinkiang), Republic, 'Year 1' 5-Miscals (2), 1912, 'Arabesque Stripes on Flag Type', Urumchi/Tihwa [Dihua] Mint, two stripes of arabesques on flags variety, rev Denomination and date in Chinese characters, edge milled, 17.68g, 1h (L&M 836; KM Y41), solder clasps at tertiary points, otherwise sweated but struck details bolder than very fine; others, AH 1332 [1914] (3), similar, edge milled, 17.60g, 12h; 16.63g, 1h; and, 15.43g, 7h (L&M 771; KM Y43.3), the first with edges smoothed where removed from a mount, otherwise struck details almost very fine, scarce; the last with a metal flaw through flan, otherwise toned, a bolder fine, the other similar (4).

Estimate: $200 - $300