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The title of "Da Chao Jin He" (大朝金合) exists in controversy. The attribution of this coins to the Mongols is doubtful as the name "大朝" was used by various countries that bordered China. This coin was first mentioned in the Record of Coins which was published around 1094. Peng Xinwei attributes this coin to the Liao dynasty.
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 ...
Coins of ancient China (19 P) B. Bullion coins of China (3 P) H. Coins of Hong Kong (11 P, 6 F) Pages in category "Coins of China" The following 34 pages are ...
Pages in category "Coins of ancient China" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The cash or qian was a type of coin of China and the Sinosphere, used from the 4th century BC until the 20th century AD, characterised by their round outer shape and a square center hole (Chinese: 方穿; pinyin: fāng chuān; Jyutping: fong1 cyun1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-chhoan).
The name "yuanbao" is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of the characters for "inaugural treasures". Under China's Tang dynasty, coins were inscribed Kaiyuan tongbao (開 元 通寶, "Circulating Treasure of the Beginning of an Era"), [5] [6] later abbreviated to yuanbao. The name was also applied to other non-coin forms of ...
Republic of China 1929 S. Y. S Globe Dollar Silver Pattern, NGC MS65. This was the first Chinese coin to feature a map or globe in its design. Only a handful are known to exist, and each is different.
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 ...