Watch List notes:

China: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 CE), coin-shaped charm with round central hole, obverse inscribed 'Ci fu ya guai', reverse inscribed four Manchu characters, 43.8*2.2mm, 22.4g, Zhong Qian Genuine. Rare. Note: This is the same example that is used in Dr Burger's article on Chinese charms entitled Coins Which are Not Money: Cultural Functions and Symbolism collected in the book Money in Asia (1200-1900): Small Currencies in Social and Political Contexts edited by Jane Kate Leonard and Ulrich Theobald, Brill 2022. According to Burger, the left Taoist spell character on the obverse means "to ward off evil spirits from boats and carts" while the right one from chicken, geese and other birds. Burger also writes that the Manchu scripts on the reverse read "The heavenly official [may] grant luck" (Abka-i hafan hu?turi isibumbi ). This charm is also included as No 256 in the Volume of Charms of A Pictorial Catalogue of Rare Chinese Coinage by Yu Liuliang and Zhu Yongkun (Shanghai Science and Technology Press 2014). It is graded as Degree 8 out of 12 rarity degrees..

Estimate: 500 - 1000