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Bronze mold for minting Ban Liang coins, Warring States period (475-221 BC), State of Qin, from an excavation in Qishan County, Baoji, Shaanxi province. The Ban Liang (Chinese: 半兩; pinyin: bàn liǎng) was the first unified currency of the Chinese empire, first minted as early as 378 BC and introduced by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang as China's first unified currency around 210 BC [1 ...
Under the Western Han dynasty the Ban Liang cash coins of the earlier Qin dynasty were retained until a series of monetary reforms replaced them first with the San Zhu and then the Wu Zhu, the latter would be continued to be manufactured for around 700 years.
Ban Liang or Banliang coins take their name from their original size and typical two-character inscription 半 兩 (bànliǎng), meaning "half liang", written right to left in Classical Chinese. The liang was a small Qin unit of weight, also known as the " tael " or "Chinese ounce", approximately equal to 16 g (0.56 oz).
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They originated during the Western Han dynasty as a variant of the contemporary Ban Liang and Wu Zhu cash coins. Over the centuries they evolved into their own commodity, with many different shapes and sizes. Their use was revitalized during the Republic of China era. Normally, these coins are privately funded and cast by a rich family for ...
Bronze mould for minting Ban Liang coins, the mould was used during the Warring States period (475–221 BCE) by the State of Qin, from an excavation in Qishan County, Baoji, Shaanxi. During the Zhou dynasty period, the method for casting coins consisted of first carving the individual characters of a coin together with its general outline into ...
It is therefore taken that 916 is the earliest use of lead for the regular production of cash coins, while the lead Yi Hua (一化) coins from the State of Yan, ant-nose money from the State of Chu, and Ban Liang (半兩) cash coins dating from the Qin to the Western Han dynasties are in fact irregular uses. [2] [3] [4]
In 118 BCE, the ban liang coins were replaced by another type, the "wu zhu" type, that was inscribed "wu zhu", or five zhu (another weight unit). These were minted until 621 CE, shortly after the establishment of the Tang dynasty. Being minted for almost a thousand years combined, the ban liang and wu zhu coins come in a great number of varieties.