Watch List notes:

YUAN: Tian Ding, 1359-1360, AE cash (2.91g), H-19.142, Fine to VF, R, ex Nicholas Rhodes Collection. In August 1351, Xu Shouhui helped to establish the rebel army of Red Turbans under the pretense of the Buddhist White Lotus Society. In the following months of the Red Turban Rebellion, they captured Qishui and made it the command center of the Red Turbans and the capital of the newly declared Empire of Tianwan, with himself as the emperor. The number of his supporters increased rapidly as he claimed to be a Milofo reincarnate who sought to "destroy the rich to benefit the poor ". In 1352, he invaded more of Hebei, and moved on to take Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Hunan. After being temporarily defeated by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty army, he fled to Huangmei Mountain, but returned in 1355 to invade once again and move the capital to Hanyang. Five years later in 1360, Xu Shouhui was assassinated by his former co-fighter, Chen Youliang, thus causing the collapse of the Tianwan Empire, a year after he adopted the title Tian Ding.

Estimate: 180- 220 USD