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2. Yuan Shikai coinage - Wikipedia

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   The coin is 39 mm (1.5 in) in diameter and 2.66 mm (0.10 in) thick. It has a milled edge. The coins' weight vary by several grains, leading to sources differing on their standard weight. Its official weight was 72 candareen, or 72% of the Kuping tael weight. The definition of the Kuping tael was inconsistent during the Qing Dynasty, but was ...

3. List of Chinese cash coins by inscription - Wikipedia

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   Chinese cash coins continued to be produced into the first year of the Republic of China until their production was completely phased out in 1912. A large number of trial coins were also cast, however these weren't ever officially issued. The following cash coins were cast during the Republic of China in 1912: [134]

4. Memento dollar - Wikipedia

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   The Memento dollar is a silver dollar minted in the Republic of China.Designed by Nanjing Mint engraver He Ziliang, it was introduced as a commemorative piece celebrating the inauguration of Sun Yat-sen as the first President of the Republic of China in 1912.

5. Chinese token (alternative currency) - Wikipedia

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   Qing dynasty era Chinese tokens were cast in denominations of 100 cash, 200 cash, 500 cash, and 1000 cash as well as 1 chuàn (壹串, or 100 cash coins), 2 chuàn (贰串, or 200 cash coins), and 5 chuàn (伍串, or 500 cash coins) as the contemporary definition of a "string of cash coins" in the province of Jiangsu at the time was a hundred cash coins but these tokens also had denominations ...

6. Yuan (currency) - Wikipedia

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   "Silver Dragon" yuan coin, 1904. 5-yuan note from a private bank, 1906. 5-yuan note of the Republic of China (1941) Taiwanese note for 10,000 yuan (1949) The yuan ( / j uː ˈ ɑː n , - æ n / yoo- A(H)N ; sign : ¥ ; Chinese : 圓/元 ; pinyin : yuán ; [ɥæ̌n] ⓘ ) is the base unit of a number of former and present-day currencies ...

7. Yuan dynasty coinage - Wikipedia

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   Coins of the Yuan dynasty. The Yuan dynasty was a Mongol-ruled Chinese dynasty which existed from 1271 to 1368. After the conquest of the Western Xia, Western Liao, and Jin dynasties they allowed for the continuation of locally minted copper currency, as well as allowing for the continued use of previously created and older forms of currency (from previous Chinese dynasties), while they ...

8. Daqian - Wikipedia

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   In the year 1883 the imperial government of the Qing dynasty made an attempt to restore the copper-alloy cash coins back to their original units, because the new units had created chaos among private money shops in China who were willing to pay premium copper-alloy cash coins to call back their own privately produced banknotes that were issued ...

9. Ming dynasty coinage - Wikipedia

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   Privately minted cash coins of inferior quality became predominant in the south of China and 4 types of official cash coins were minted of varying quality of which one time with a weight of 1 qián was cast for payment to the imperial government, a second type of 0.9 qián for the salaries of officials, and the two types of lowest quality were ...