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CAST CHINESE COINS David Hartill
Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Copper coins have been located in China dating all the way back to the 11th century BC. 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. Bronze money in the design of seashells. The study of Chinese copper coinage is one of . Coins have been utilised to purchase items considering that at least 600 BC in the West. Smith introduces readers to the history of Chinese copper coins from the Zhou dynasty to Tang dynasty. JING DE YUAN BAO Circa 1008-1016. 187 (Eastern Han) weighed four Shu; another was eight Shu and yet another was three Shu. Several illustrations of different types of coins are included. 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. 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 Northern Song Dyansty lasted from 960-1127 AD. Here are some coins from my collection. By necessity, the play is performed in Mandarin and English by a mostly bilingual cast, with subtitles projected in changing spots on the set. But the well-chosen Jennifer Lim, who plays the vice minister driving the action and the deal, offers a very clever performance that catches the many sides of the current Chinese coin. 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. To say, the Five Shu coins are not recorded as invariably weighing five Shu. Identification of coins of the basic methods and principles are: first, to grasp the coin each time the characteristics of the times and individual characteristics. But the savvy director Leigh Silverman makes sure that everything is crystal This was, no doubt, a very tough play to cast. Minted during the Qing Dynasty reign of Emperor Kangxi, the coin is 60 percent copper and 40 percent zinc. If you like these I'll post more tomorrow.