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as well as the Northern Han by 979. The only series of cash coins attributed to the Later Zhou period are the Zhouyuan Tongbao (simplified Chinese: 周元通宝;...

usually taken by feng shui practitioners when handling cash coins. While classic Chinese coins can come in a huge variety, particular categories of them...

gold cash coins were also produced. During most of their production, cash coins were cast, but during the late Qing dynasty, machine-struck cash coins began...

by the Later Jin dynasty (936–947): List of cash coins produced by the Later Han dynasty (948–951): List of cash coins produced by the Later Zhou dynasty...

pinyin: zhōuyuán tōng bǎo) is a copper-alloy cash coin produced during the reign of Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou dynasty, a historical Chinese state that...

which fostered ethnic inclusivity. In 1616, the Later Jin began producing their own cash coins; the coins issued under Nurhaci were written in an older...

variants of regional standards as low as 500 cash coins per string also existed. A total of 1000 coins strung together were referred to as a chuàn (串)...

Ancient Chinese coinage includes some of the earliest known coins. These coins, used as early as the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BCE), took the form...

imagery. These coin charms often imitate the design of Chinese cash coins, but can exist in many different shapes and sizes. Marriage coin charms are known...

(ﭘول) coin system was retained, these pūl coins composed of 99% copper, these new pūl coins were modeled after the Qianlong Tongbao cash coins, but due...

Liang coins continued to be used under the Western Han dynasty until they were finally replaced by the Wu Zhu cash coins in 118 BC. The Ban Liang coins predate...

poorly made iron cash coins which were imitations of cash coins of previous regimes and are attributed to the You Zhou, these iron cash coins with the inscription...

the spade coins to mark their denominations. Several versions of spade money circulated across the Chinese Central Plains during the Zhou dynasty period...

these cash coins are fairly homogeneous in both type and module. During the reign of Emperor Ling, a type of Wu Zhu cash coin known as "corner coins" (角錢)...

of cash coins in the pseudoscientific practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are primarily used in two main medical practices, notably coin rubbing...

cash coins during this period were being cast in sand using "mother coins" (母錢) to make the impressions where the circulation cash coins would later be...

enabled the coins to be strung together to create higher denominations, as was frequently done due to the coin's low value. The number of coins in a string...

objects such as spade money, knife money, ring-shaped coins, ant-nose coins, and Ban Liang cash coins. But as the presence of real money and other objects...

millennium CE. There are five known types of Kucha cash coins, all of them based on Chinese Wu Zhu. These coins are usually characterized by their diminutive...

type of Chinese cash coin produced from the Han dynasty in 118 BC when they replaced the earlier San Zhu (三銖; "Three Zhu") cash coins, which had replaced...