an introduction to traditional chinese...
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An Introduction to
Traditional Chinese Coinage
Robert W. Hoge and Frederic C. Withington
American Numismatic Society
Summer Graduate Seminar, 2010
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Bei
Cowries
Bei qian
Guan
“Peng”Cypraea moneta L.
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Bei Qian
Gui lian qian
Chu State“Sui tu lei”
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Bronze work
Xia ting
Shang urn
Chu State coin mold, for Gui lian qian
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Hollow-handled“Spade money,” Jin or bu
Eastern ZhouEarly Spring and
Autumn Period
“Square-
Shoulder
Spade”
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“Old Spades”Gu bu
Zhao State,
Lin mint
Chu State, Pei qian dang jin
Xi State,
Li Shi mint
(Shanxi)
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DaDao, “knife” or “sword”
Qi Zhi Fa Hua
Qi StateYi (“Ming” dao)
Yan State
“Knife Money”
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Warring States: round coins
(Qin)
Zhong yi liang shi-si zhu
(Zhou)
Yuan
(Zhou)
Chang Yuan yi jin(Yi)
Yi liu huo
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Qin Shi Huangdi221-207 BC
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Qin to HanBan liang (half-ounce pieces)
ca. 250 –118 BC
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Han to SuiWu zhu (5-zhu pieces)
118 BC- AD 618
Western Qin
Western Han
Nian Hao
WuZhu First cast in 5th
year of the Yuan Shou
period
Posterior Han
Han Wu Di,
141-87 BC
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Wang Mang“Xin” dynasty (interregnum)
AD 7-22
Da Chuan wu shi
“Great coinage 50”
You Bu san bai
“Juvenile spade 300”
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HAN to SUI
Northern Zhou
Yong tong wan guo
ca. 580
Yu Zhu (“jade
chopstick”) script
Western Han
Plaster master mold,
(dated 63 BC?)
Wu zhu
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Sui
Wen Di, 581-604
Wu zhu of Wen Di
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Tang
Tai Zong, 626-649
Gao Zu, 618-626“Ming Huan”
Xuan Zong,
712-756
Lady Wu Zi’tian
Wu Zhao
The Li Family
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Tang
Kai yuan tong-bao, introduced by TaiZong in 626.
“Mother” or ”seed” coin, with reverse “nail” imprint
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Song
Song Shen Zong
1068-1085
Song Zhen Zong
998-1022
Song Tai Zu
Zhao Kuangyin
960-976
Cha
brick
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Song
Song Hui Zong, 1101-1125
Da Guan tongbao, 1107-1110
(“Slender gold” Imperial script)
Chang An mint, Shaanxi Chong Ning zhongbao, 1102-1106
(orthodox script)
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Southern Song
Huai An Jun, Jin Tang Xian,
Mian fu qian, zhe na yin,
Mei ting zhong, Wu Shi Liang
("Huai An District, Jin Tang County,
corvee-labor exemption money;
calculation payment silver,
each ingot weighs, 50 liang")
Yuan bao
“sycee” xisi
(Yale Cantonese:
saisi)