Author: Arthur Braddan CoolePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Earliest Round Coins of China
Author: Arthur Braddan CoolePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The First Round Coins of China, 400 - 118 BC
Author: Heinz GratzerPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542995474
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This detailed study deals with the rich and beautiful early round coinage of China. The book catalogues the coins cast during the three centuries between the appearance of the uninscribed Huanqian bronze coins of Wei State in ca.400 BC and the introduction of Wu Zhus by the Western Han Emperor Wudi in 118 BC. The first half of this book covers the diverse and very popular archaic round coins of the many Warring States. The second half deals with one of the most famous ancient coins - the Ban Liangs of the Qin State, Qin dynasty and Western Han dynasty. Ban Liangs were first cast in the early 4th century BC by the Dukes of Qin State, with many hundreds of varieties cast through the Qin Imperial period (221-207 BC) and the Western Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 9). They were finally demonetized in 118 BC and replaced by the popular Wu Zhus. Immense numbers of coins were produced for over 250 years without any changes in the legend, so they can be identified only by size, weight and style. The study of Ban Liangs remains a very popular and active area of numismatic research, but this research is complicated and generally unavailable to non-Chinese speakers. The information given in this book is based on the most recent available data, and will hopefully provide a useful guide to English-speaking collectors and students of early Chinese coinage.
An Encyclopedia of Chinese Coins: Earliest round coins of China
Author: Arthur Braddan CoolePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coins, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Origin and Earlier History of the Chinese Coinage
Author: Lionel Charles HopkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coins, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Early Chinese Coinage
Author: Yuquan WangThe Origin and Earlier History of the Chinese Coinage (Classic Reprint)
Author: L. C. HopkinsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333902711
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Excerpt from The Origin and Earlier History of the Chinese Coinage Before plunging into the rather tangled details which it has been necessary to gather together and arrange, it may be as well to indicate concisely what appears to be shown, and what, though not demonstrable, is suggested, by the evidence available for forming conclusions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Chinese Early Barter and Uninscribed Money
Author: Henry A. RamsdenPublisher:
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Category : Money
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Chinese Coins
Author: Liuliang YuPublisher: LONG RIVER PRESS
ISBN: 9781592650170
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Illustrated introductory guide to the history and use of coins and money in China
Coins of China
Author: Source WikipediaPublisher: University-Press.org
ISBN: 9781230493312
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Ancient Chinese coinage, Banliang, Chinese coinage during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, Chinese coinage in the Ming Dynasty, Chinese Gold Panda, Chinese Silver Panda, Fifth series of the renminbi, Fourth series of the renminbi, Second series of the renminbi, Sycee, Third series of the renminbi, Tong Bei. Excerpt: Chinese coins were produced continuously for around 2,500 years by casting in moulds, rather than being struck with dies as with most western coins. The earliest coinage of China was described by Sima Qian, the great historian of c. 100 BC: "With the opening of exchange between farmers, artisans, and merchants, there came into use money of tortoise shells, cowrie shells, gold, qian (coins), dao (knives), and bu (spades) This has been so from remote antiquity." While nothing is known about the use of tortoise shells as money, gold and cowries (either real shells or replicas) were used to the south of the Yellow River. Although there is no doubt that the well-known spade and knife money were used as coins, it has not been demonstrated that other items often offered by dealers as coins such as fish, halberds, and metal chimes were also used as coins. They are not found in coin hoards, and the probability is that all these are in fact funerary items. Archaeological evidence shows that the earliest use of the spade and knife money was in the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC). As in Ancient Greece, socio-economic conditions at the time were favourable to the adoption of coinage. Inscriptions and archaeological evidence show that cowrie shells were regarded as important objects of value in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1766-1154 BC). In the Zhou period, they are frequently referred to as gifts or rewards from kings and nobles to their subjects. Later imitations in bone, stone or bronze...
Author: Yuquan Wang