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2. 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

3. Ancient Chinese coinage - Wikipedia

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   Iron coins were cast in Shanxi and other prefectures. The large coins caused prices to leap up and both public and private interests suffered. In 1048, the large iron coins were devalued to 3 iron cash. Zhi He yuan bao (Chinese: 至和元寶; pinyin: zhì hé yuánbǎo) (1054–1055). Written in seal, regular, and li script.

4. Historical Records of the Five Dynasties - Wikipedia

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   One of the official Twenty-Four Histories of China, the book is frequently referred to as the New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai Shi) in order to distinguish it from the Old History of the Five Dynasties which was published in 974. [3] Though both books follow a similar format, Ouyang's book is more concise and markedly more ...

5. 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.

6. Wu Zhen (historian) - Wikipedia

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   Wu 2 T'ing 2-chên 1 In this Chinese name , the family name is Wu . Wu Zhen ( fl. 11th century), courtesy name Tingzhen , was a Song dynasty historian from Chengdu who wrote 2 books enumerating mistakes found in New Book of Tang and Historical Records of the Five Dynasties , both history books by Ouyang Xiu (Ouyang had several co-authors with ...

7. Xue Rengui - Wikipedia

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   Xue Rengui (simplified Chinese: 薛仁贵; traditional Chinese: 薛仁貴; pinyin: Xuē Rénguì; Wade–Giles: Hsüeh 1 Jen 2-kuei 4; 614 [1] – 24 March 683 [2]), formal name Xue Li (薛礼) but went by the courtesy name of Rengui, was a Chinese military general during the early Tang dynasty. He is one of the most well-known military ...