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2. 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.

3. Ancient Chinese coinage - Wikipedia

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   After introducing these new coins, the Emperor ordered all the frontiers to hand over 100 cash as samples in 583, and the next year strictly forbade the circulation of old coins and commanded that when this was disobeyed, the responsible officials should be fined half a years salary. 1,000 coins weighed 4 jin 2 liang. Minting privileges were ...

4. Cash (Chinese coin) - Wikipedia

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   The cash or qian was a type of coin of China and the Sinosphere, used from the 4th century BCE until the 20th century, characterised by their round outer shape and a square center hole (Chinese: 方穿; pinyin: fāng chuān; Jyutping: fong1 cyun1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-chhoan).

5. List of coin hoards in China - Wikipedia

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   The coins that were found were attributed to different periods in Chinese history with earliest cash coin being cast in the year 175 B.C., while the most recent coin was cast in the year 1368 A.D. [80] The cash coins were attributed to the Western Han dynasty period, the Tang dynasty period, the Five dynasties and Ten kingdoms period, the Song ...

6. Chinese cash (currency unit) - Wikipedia

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   In 1889, Chinese currency began to be denominated in the yuan and its subdivisions. The cash or wén was retained in this system as 1 ⁄ 1000 yuan. Traditional style, cast 1 wén coins continued to be produced until the end of the Chinese Empire in 1911. The last coins denominated in cash were struck in the early years of the Republic of China ...

7. Do You Possess One of These 12 Valuable Chinese Coins ... - AOL

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   German patterns of Chinese coins are “highly sought after” by collectors. One version sold for $140,000. One version sold for $140,000. China-Kiangnan ND 1897 20 Cents Silver Pattern

8. Zhou dynasty coinage - Wikipedia

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   The shape of spade money (Chinese: 布币; pinyin: bù bì) is similar to spade, an agricultural tool. The pronunciation of "spade" in Chinese is "bo" (Chinese: 镈; pinyin: bó), which is very close to "bu" (Chinese: 布; pinyin: bù), and it is where spade money derived its name. During the Spring and Autumn period, spade money was used ...

9. Ming dynasty coinage - Wikipedia

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   宣德通寶, 永樂通寶, and 洪武通寶 coins. Chinese coinage in the Ming dynasty includes many types of coins. During the Ming dynasty of China (1368 to 1644), ...