 The Yarkant Mint opened its doors in September 1760 and employed 99 people of which 8 were ethnic Han supervisors who were mint workers from the provincial mint of Shaanxi.These Han employees from Shaanxi also brought 2 full sets of both casting and melting equipment with them to aid production.Not only reclaimed pūl coins were used for the production of "red cash coins" as also equipment from the military was used.