Tag: China
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115-113 B.C. China Wu Zhu
The longest-produced coin in history. The Dahuting Tomb (Chinese: 打虎亭汉墓, Pinyin: Dahuting Han mu; Wade-Giles: Tahut’ing Han mu) of the late Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD), located in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, was excavated in 1960-1961 and contains vault-arched burial chambers decorated with murals showing scenes of daily life. Image, Wikipedia The Han Dynasty The…
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2001 Taiwan 20 New Dollars
A coin, and article, which encouraged me to learn more about the history of Taiwan. Taiwan At its closest, Taiwan is 130 Kilometres (81 Miles) off the coast of mainland China. Taiwan is 1,200km (750 miles) north of the Philippines, and 2,200km (1350km) south-west of Japan and the Korean peninsula. Tension between China and Taiwan…
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2024 Lunar New Year PMC
The Year of the Dragon Lunar New Year The Lunar New Year is a very popular time for commemorative pieces of all kinds. Australia Post generally release at least one coin PNC, and at least one medallion PNC. As of 11th Feb 2024 (the morning after Lunar New Year), a search for “Year of the…
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1897 Hong Kong 10 Cents
An elegant design from a turbulant time British Hong Kong Prior to the mid-19th century, the area currently known as Hong Kong was part of the Chinese Qing dynasty Depending on the history you read, the 1840-42 war between Britain and China was either over Britain smuggling opium into Chinese ports, or Chinese military threats…
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China Guang Xu Tong Bao, milled
Picking up the milled Vietnam 1 Cash Khải Định Thông Bảo recently, reminded me of my first milled (or machine struck, rather than cast) cash coin. In the early 1900s, around the 1911 Xinhai revolution, China was already looking at more modern minting methods. From Wikipedia: “From 1889 a machine operated mint in Guangzhou, Guangdong…
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1 Cash Qian Long Tong Bao
Chinese coins throughout history, were commonly cast bronze “cash”, round coins with four characters around a square hole. At least up to the early 20th century and the 1911 revolution which led to the fall of the Qing dynasty, and the creation of the Republic of China. The last dynasty was the Qing dynasty, which…
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Northern Song 2 Cash Xuan He Tong Bao
From Wikipedia: The Song dynasty (/sʊŋ/) was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.…