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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. Great Qing Copper Coin - Wikipedia

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   A machine-struck "Great Qing Copper Coin" (大清銅幣) cash coin of 10 wén in standard cash coins.. The Great Qing Copper Coin [1] (simplified Chinese: 大清铜币; traditional Chinese: 大清銅幣; pinyin: Dà Qīng Tóng Bì), also known as the Qing Dynasty Copper Coin or Da-Qing Tongbi, officially the Tai-Ching-Ti-Kuo Copper Coin, refers to a series of copper machine-struck coins from ...

4. 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).

5. 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 ...

6. Yuan Shikai coinage - Wikipedia

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   Yuan Shikai dollars are relatively inexpensive in comparison to other Chinese silver coins due to their very large mintage, leading them to be popular with coin collectors. [34] The coins are nicknamed "fatman dollars" by collectors, from a mistranslation of their Chinese nickname, "big head dollars" ( 袁大头 ; Yuán dàtóu ). [ 35 ]

7. 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.