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  2. Zhouyuan Tongbao - Wikipedia

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    The two mythical creatures on this coin charm are depicted facing each other by showcasing their heads at the top rather than the bottom. [16] This version of the Zhouyuan Tongbao charm has a diameter of 25 millimeters and weighs 6.6 grams. [16] Zhouyuan Tongbao (周元通寳) The dragon and fenghuang are often used as a symbol of harmony in ...

  3. List of Chinese cash coins by inscription - Wikipedia

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    These iron cash coins have the character Min (Chinese: 閩; pinyin: mǐn) on the reverse and comes from the Fujian region. There is a crescent below. One of these large Yonglong Tongbao coins was worth 10 small coins and 100 lead coins. A string of 500 of these poorly made Min iron coins were popularly called a kao ("a manacle"). 942: Wang Yanxi

  4. Ancient Chinese coinage - Wikipedia

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    Chinese coins were manufactured by being cast in molds, whereas European coins were typically cut and hammered or, in later times, milled. Chinese coins were usually made from mixtures of metals such copper, tin and lead, from bronze, brass or iron: precious metals like gold and silver were uncommonly used. The ratios and purity of the coin ...

  5. Do You Possess One of These 12 Valuable Chinese Coins Worth ...

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    Part of the value of this coin comes from the fact that it was engraved by L. Giorgi, an Italian considered the “most famous” of all Chinese coin engravers. One version sold for $420,000 in 2021.

  6. Wu Zhu - Wikipedia

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    Wu Zhu (Chinese: 五銖) is a type of Chinese cash coin produced from the Han dynasty in 118 BC when they replaced the earlier San Zhu (三銖; "Three Zhu") cash coins, which had replaced the Ban Liang (半兩) cash coins a year prior, [1] until they themselves were replaced by the Kaiyuan Tongbao (開元通寳) cash coins of the Tang dynasty in 621 AD.

  7. List of legendary creatures from China - Wikipedia

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    Fenghuang, Chinese phoenix; Fenghuang. Feilian, god of the wind who is a winged dragon with the head of a deer and tail of a snake. Feilong, winged legendary creature that flies among clouds. Fish in Chinese mythology; Four Perils; Four Symbols, also called Sixiang, four legendary animals that represent the points of the compass.

  8. Chinese numismatic charm - Wikipedia

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    Chinese poem coins (Traditional Chinese: 詩錢; Simplified Chinese: 诗钱; Pinyin: shī qián, alternatively 二十錢局名) are Chinese cash coins cast under the Kangxi Emperor, [288] [289] a Manchu Emperor known for his poetry who wrote the work Illustrations of Plowing and Weaving (耕織圖) in 1696.

  9. Money tree (myth) - Wikipedia

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    A modern 'money tree' observed in Yunnan, China, 1 December 2015. They are made from bronze and green-glazed earthenware. Money trees are decorated with scenes of paradise containing magical creatures and immortals including the sun bird, the moon toad, the deer who finds the main ingredient for the elixir of immortality, and the clever monkey who steals the elixir.

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