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CAST CHINESE COINS David Hartill
Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Not a catalog, but very useful to gain a familiarity with what genuine Chinese coins look like. Several illustrations of different types of coins are included. Bronze money in the design of seashells. The study of Chinese copper coinage is one of . Smith introduces readers to the history of Chinese copper coins from the Zhou dynasty to Tang dynasty. With the There is the Yang side (yáng miàn 阳面) (with four chinese characters according to reign of emperor) and the Yin side (yīn miàn 阴面) (2 characters) on every chinese coins. Question Help with some Chinese Cash coin IDs. To say, the Five Shu coins are not recorded as invariably weighing five Shu. Minted during the Qing Dynasty reign of Emperor Kangxi, the coin is 60 percent copper and 40 percent zinc. It was cast between 1667 and 1671 — long before the 1898 gold rush, when people from all over the world headed to Dawson City and the Klondike gold fields. Cast of bronze during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States (chūn qiū zhàn guó 春秋战国) periods, the money's knife-like shape was derived from a certain weapon from old days. In this video we set off in search of relics left behind in the ruins of 'Chinatown', and unearth Chinese cast Cash Coins dating back to the 17th Century and other personal relics left behind following the gold rush. I remember agonising because I didn't have yarrow sticks to cast, or even chinese coins, but it was a journey to interpret the results. 187 (Eastern Han) weighed four Shu; another was eight Shu and yet another was three Shu. On International Day of Families (May 15), the bereavement and social isolation suffered by a growing number of families bereft of their only child in China casts a dark shadow over this joyful day. The discovery of a puzzling 340-year-old coin etched with traditional Chinese characters in Canada's Yukon territory suggests that the area was already aflurry with trading even before the Gold Rush. The Yang side should always be used facing up. The coins from ancient China are especially sought after, with hundreds of legends and calligraphic markings.