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
Bei
Cowries
Bei qian
Guan
“Peng”Cypraea moneta L.
Bei Qian
Gui lian qian
Chu State“Sui tu lei”
Bronze work
Xia ting
Shang urn
Chu State coin mold, for Gui lian qian
Hollow-handled“Spade money,” Jin or bu
Eastern ZhouEarly Spring and
Autumn Period
“Square-
Shoulder
Spade”
“Old Spades”Gu bu
Zhao State,
Lin mint
Chu State, Pei qian dang jin
Xi State,
Li Shi mint
(Shanxi)
DaDao, “knife” or “sword”
Qi Zhi Fa Hua
Qi StateYi (“Ming” dao)
Yan State
“Knife Money”
Warring States: round coins
(Qin)
Zhong yi liang shi-si zhu
(Zhou)
Yuan
(Zhou)
Chang Yuan yi jin(Yi)
Yi liu huo
Qin Shi Huangdi221-207 BC
Qin to HanBan liang (half-ounce pieces)
ca. 250 –118 BC
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
Wang Mang“Xin” dynasty (interregnum)
AD 7-22
Da Chuan wu shi
“Great coinage 50”
You Bu san bai
“Juvenile spade 300”
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
Sui
Wen Di, 581-604
Wu zhu of Wen Di
Tang
Tai Zong, 626-649
Gao Zu, 618-626“Ming Huan”
Xuan Zong,
712-756
Lady Wu Zi’tian
Wu Zhao
The Li Family
Tang
Kai yuan tong-bao, introduced by TaiZong in 626.
“Mother” or ”seed” coin, with reverse “nail” imprint
Song
Song Shen Zong
1068-1085
Song Zhen Zong
998-1022
Song Tai Zu
Zhao Kuangyin
960-976
Cha
brick
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)
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)