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2. List of Chinese cash coins by inscription - Wikipedia

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   During the Warring states period, the first precursors of the Chinese cash coins started to appear. These early round coins (圜錢, huánqián) circulated alongside the knife and spade money. As most of these early round coins had round holes, the first "true" cash coins were the Yi Hua (一化) produced by the State of Yan.

3. 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 ...

4. Ancient Chinese coinage - Wikipedia

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   Chinese coins were manufactured by being cast in molds, whereas European coins were typically cut and hammered or, in later times, milled. 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 ...

5. Huachuanqian - Wikipedia

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   A Yuanfeng Tongbao (元豐通寶) cash coin from the Northern Song dynasty with a "flower (or 'rosette') hole" in the middle.. Cash coins with flower (rosette) holes (traditional Chinese: 花穿錢; simplified Chinese: 花穿钱; pinyin: huā chuān qián) are a type of cash coin with an octagonal hole as opposed to a square one, they have a very long history possibly dating back to the first ...

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

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   Part of the value of this coin comes from the fact that it was engraved by L. Giorgi, an Italian considered the “most famous” of all Chinese coin engravers. One version sold for $420,000 in 2021.

7. Spade money - Wikipedia

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   A three hole spade was sold at an auction on November 25, 2012 hosted by the Beijing ChengXuan Auctions Co., Ltd (北京诚轩拍卖有限公司) for US$591,000 (or 3,680,000 yuan), which at the time had set a new world record for auctioning off an ancient Chinese coin. [18] A three hole spade shown here was sold on April 23, 2013 at an online ...

8. List of coin hoards in China - Wikipedia

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   A few local archaeologists speculated as to why the cash coins were found there spun over such a large period of time, Mr. Liu Yumao (刘雨茂) noted that it was customary throughout Chinese history to place old cash coins into structures that were built for things such as irrigation and water conservancy, this superstition was done in the ...

9. Hunting Rare Coins? 7 Strategies and Websites To ... - AOL

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   The old cliché about finding rare and valuable coins is that you should start by digging around in your sofa. That's not necessarily bad advice. However, chances are the only loose change you'll ...