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  2. Ancient Chinese coinage - Wikipedia

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    The History of Han says: "When Qin united the world, it made two sorts of currency: that of yellow gold, which was called yì and was the currency of the higher class; and that of bronze, which was similar in quality to the coins of Zhou, but bore an inscription saying Half Ounce, and was equal in weight to its inscription."

  3. History of Chinese currency - Wikipedia

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    Old Chinese Currency used in 1920–23. This currency was also used in Hunza state.. The use of shell money is attested to in the Chinese writing system.The traditional characters for 'goods' (貨), 'buy/sell' (買/賣), and 'monger' (販), in addition to various other words relating to 'exchange', all contain the radical 貝, which is the pictograph for shell (simplified to 贝).

  4. List of Chinese cash coins by inscription - Wikipedia

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    Chinese cash coins from every major dynasty in Chinese history and the Republic of China. Chinese cash coins were first produced during the Warring States period , and they became standardised as the Ban Liang (半兩) coinage during the Qin dynasty which followed.

  5. Cash (Chinese coin) - Wikipedia

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    Chinese cash coins with flower (rosette) holes (traditional Chinese: 花穿錢; simplified Chinese: 花穿钱; pinyin: huā chuān qián) are a type of Chinese cash coin with an octagonal hole as opposed to a square one, they have a very long history possibly dating back to the first Ban Liang cash coins cast under the State of Qin or the Han ...

  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. History of coins - Wikipedia

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    Coins were first made of scraps of metal by hitting a hammer positioned over an anvil. The Chinese produced primarily cast coinage, and this spread to South-East Asia and Japan. Although few non-Chinese cast coins were produced by governments, it was a common practice amongst counterfeiters. Electrum coin from Ephesus, 650-625 BC.

  8. Xin dynasty coinage - Wikipedia

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    A Huo Quan (貨泉) cash coin Xin dynasty coinage (Traditional Chinese: 新朝貨幣) was a system of ancient Chinese coinage that replaced the Wu Zhu cash coins of the Han dynasty and was largely based on the different types of currencies of the Zhou dynasty, including knife money and spade money. [1]

  9. Ming dynasty coinage - Wikipedia

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    The Cambridge Illustrated History of China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-66991-7. Hartill, David (2005). Cast Chinese Coins: A Historical Catalogue. Trafford. ISBN 978-1-4120-5466-9. She, Ben. Liaoning Provincial Museum - take you into the museum. ISBN 9787501019915; Zhong Guo Qian Bi Da Ci Dian Bian Zuan Wei Yuan H

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