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  2. Ancient Chinese coinage - Wikipedia

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    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 metals varied considerably. Most Chinese coins were produced with a square hole in the middle.

  3. List of Chinese cash coins by inscription - Wikipedia

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    These cash coins have the character Fu (Chinese: 福; pinyin: fú) on the reverse in reference to Fuzhou. They are made of lead. Wang Shenzhi: Yonglong Tongbao: 永隆通寶: yǒnglóng tōng bǎo: 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.

  4. Cash (Chinese coin) - Wikipedia

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    The square hole in the middle of cash coins served to allow for them to be strung together in strings of 1000 cash coins and valued at 1 tael of silver (but variants of regional standards as low as 500 cash coins per string also existed), [82] 1000 coins strung together were referred to as a chuàn (串) or diào (吊) and were accepted by ...

  5. Ming dynasty coinage - Wikipedia

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    An example of these Chongzhen Tongbao cash coins with mint marks the Chinese character "Zhong" (忠) which translates as either "loyal" or "honest" located above the reverse side of the square centre hole. [15] During the Chongzhen Emperor's reign, there were a total of 156 different mint furnaces producing cash coins in operation. [15]

  6. Coinage shapes - Wikipedia

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    In the years 1943–1947 India produced 1 pice coins for circulation with very large holes, [58] continued by Pakistan producing 1 pice coins of equal shape in the years 1948–1952. [59] Chinese cash coins had a square hole, while many modern coins have a round hole.

  7. History of Chinese currency - Wikipedia

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    The coins were round with a square hole in the middle which was the common design for most Chinese copper coins until the 20th century. Due to the low value of an individual coin, the Chinese have traditionally strung a nominal thousand copper coins onto a piece of string. Government taxes were levied on both coins and products such as rolls of ...

  8. List of coin hoards in China - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, among these coins is a silver coin that has been slightly damaged with an illegible inscription and another cash coin with a hexagonal centre hole, Dou Yaping stated that cash coins with hexagonal centre holes are known as "Guijia Chuan", which is one subtype of the "Huachuan Kong" cash coins. [79]

  9. Cash coins in art - Wikipedia

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    The centre square hole is claimed to be a "reference to the well-known Chinese Feng-Shui coins" (Remetendo para as conhecidas moedas-amuleto em circulação na China). [47] It is the second entry in the series "Portugal and the East" (Portugal e o Oriente) with a motif typically found on both Chinese and Portuguese porcelain. [47]

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