English: Kingdom of Yฤn (11th century B.C. โ 222 B.C.) ๐
็
1) An Yฤซ Huร (ไธๅ) coin produced by the Kingdom of Yฤn between 300 B.C. and 220 B.C. to circulate alongside Knife Money๐ช. This coin actually predates the Chinese Empire.
Han Dynasty (206 B.C. โ 220 A.D.) ๐
ๆผขๆ
2) A Bร n Liวng (ๅๅ
ฉ) from the Han Dynasty, these were earlier minted by the Kingdom of Qin, and later by the Empire of Qin. Han Dynasty Bร n Liวng coins generally tend to be diminutive compared to Qin era Bร n Liวng coins. The inscription โBร n Liวngโ means ยฝ Tael, though at the time of the Han Dynasty these coins were minted at varying weights. In 119 B.C. these were replaced by the Sฤn Zhลซ (ไธ้) coins.
3) An Wว Zhลซ (ไบ้) coin, these replaced the Sฤn Zhลซ (ไธ้) coins in 118 B.C. Wว Zhลซ coins continued to be produced by varying countries for the next 700 years. ๐ฏ
Xin Dynasty (9 - 23) ๐ต๐ด๐ต
ๆฐๆ
4) A Huรฒ Quรกn (่ฒจๆณ) coin issued by Wรกng Mวng (็่ฝ), these coins were introduced alongside a chaotic system of round coins, cowrie shells ๐, turtle shells ๐ข, knife money ๐ช, and spade money. As the people preferred this coin it would be continued to be made even after the fall of the Xin Dynasty with a mould from the year 50 (fifty) being found.
Tang Dynasty (618 โ 690 ; 705 โ 907) ๐
ๅๆ
5) a Kฤi-Yuรกn Tลng-Bวo (้ๅ
้ๅฏถ) coin, fist issued in August 621 under the reign of Emperor Gฤozว (้ซ็ฅ), these coins would be produced for around 300 years during most of the Tang Dynasty. ๐ฎ
Song Dynasty (960 โ 1279) ๐
ๅฎๆ
6) A Dร Guฤn Tลng Bวo (ๅคง่ง้ๅฏถ) coin from the (Northern-)Song Dynasty cast under the reign of Emperor Huฤซzลng (ๅพฝๅฎ) from 1107 until 1110. The inscription is written in what David Hartill describes as "Slender-gold script", and it is said that the inscription was stylised by the Emperor himself. โ๐ป๐คด๐ป A Dร Guฤn Tลng Bวo coin appears as the cover of David Hartillโs 2005 classic โCast Chinese coinsโ. ๐
Mongol Empire (1206 โ 1368) / Yuan Dynasty (1271 โ 1368) ๐๐ป
ๅ
ๆ / แ ถแ กแ ฌแ ก แ ฆแ จ แ คแ ฏแ คแ ฐ / ะั
ะฎะฐะฝั ะฃะปั
7) A Mongol Zhรฌ-Dร Tลng-Bวo (่ณๅคง้ๅฏถ) coin cast under the reign of Kรผlรผg Khan (ๆญฆๅฎ) from 1307 until 1311, under the Mongol Empire paper banknotes would become a more common medium of exchange than metallic currencies. ๐ธ
Ming Dynasty (1368 โ 1644) ๐
ๆๆ
8 A Yวng-Lรจ Tลng-Bวo (ๆฐธๆจ้ๅฏถ) cash coin cast under the Yวng-Lรจ Emperor (ๆฐธๆจๅธ), these were cast in great quantities for export to neighbouring countries like Japan (the Ashikaga Shogunate), and the Ryลซkyลซ Kingdom, as well as further countries like the Majapahit Empire (an island realm ruled from Java) where these coins are still commonly dug up today (as of 2017). Domestically the Chinese preferred to use paper money (left over from Mongol rule) and in the preceding years copper coinage had remained a rarity on the domestic market.
Qing Dynasty (1644 โ 1912) ๐ฒ๐ป
ๆธ
ๆ / แกฉแ แกณแ ดแกณแ ฉ แกคแก แกตแก แ จ
9) A Manchu Qiรกn-Lรณng Tลng-Bวo (ไนพ้้ๅฏถ) 1 wรฉn coin produced under the Qiรกn Lรณng Emperor (ไนพ้ๅธ), despite reigning from 1735 until 1796 these coins continued to be cast in Xinjiang (East-Turkestan) until the Wuchang Uprising & Xinhai Revolution restored Chinese independence in 1912.
Republic of China* (1912 โ Present) ๐
ไธญ่ฏๆฐๅ / ่บ็ฃ / ๅฐ็ฃ
10) A Mรญn-Guรณ Tลng-Bวo (ๆฐๅ้ๅฏถ) cash coin of 1 wรฉn produced in Dongchuan, Yunnan. These were among the last series of cash coins to be cast in China being cast in the denominations of 1 wรฉn, and 10 wรฉn (็ถๅ). The Province of Fujian also produced cash coins during the early Republican era but these would later be succeeded by machine-struck non-holed coins. ๐
- = Commonly referred to as โTaiwanโ from 1971 as the Nanjing regime moved to Taibei in 1949, and became the โTaipei regimeโ. (as of 2017 the Republic of China still exists, please look at the upload date if this is no longer the case.) ๐ค
Cash coins issued by other countries:
Tokugawa Shogunate (1600 โ 1868) ๐พ
ๅพณๅทๅนๅบ / ๆฑๆธๅนๅบ
11) A Kanโei Tsลซhล (ๅฏๆฐธ้ๅฏณ) coin of 4 Mon, these coins were produced between 1626 and 1870 when they were replaced by the Japanese yen (ๆฅๆฌๅ). Originally they were only minted for the Mito Domain, but the Tokugawa government made them the standard across all of Japan in 1636. When the Japanese Yen (ยฅ ๐ด) was introduced 10.000 mon was valued at 1 Yen/Ryล.
Kingdom of Great(er) Chosลn (1392 โ 1897) ๐ฏ
ๅคงๆ้ฎฎๅ (๋์กฐ์ ๊ตญ)
12) A Sang P'yลng T'ong Bo (ๅธธๅนณ้ๅฏถ - ์ํํต๋ณด) coin minted by the Treasury Department (ๆถๆน), Sang P'yลng T'ong Bo coins were minted from 1633 until 1892 when they were replaced with the Korean Yang (ๆ้ฎฎๅ
ฉ). There are around 5.000 different variants of the Sang P'yลng T'ong Bo coin, of which 3.126 varieties have been documented by The authoritative Korean coin catalogue (้ซ้บๆ้ฎฎๆไปฃ่ฒจๅนฃ).
Nguyแป
n Dynasty (1802 โ 1945) / French Indo-China (1887 โ 1954) ๐
๐ป
้ฎๆ / ่ฏ้ฆๆฑๆด / ๆฑๆดๅฑฌๆณ
13) A Bแบฃo ฤแบกi Thรดng Bแบฃo (ไฟๅคง้ๅฏถ) coin of 10 Vฤn (Sapรจque), these were minted between 1926 and 1945 and are the last cast cash coins ever produced in the world. This coin circulated at value of 10/500 Piastre ($) or ยข2.
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