A guide to the Department of coins and medals in the British museum (1922)
British Museum. Dept. of Coins and Medals, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : The Trustees · leaf 90
ed Uua = exchange (No. 8). This wasfollowed by the very extensive series of smaller knives issued bythe town of Ming (No. 9). A remarkable coin is the metallic cowry nicknamed ghostshead issued about a.d. 600 by order of the Prime Minister ofthe King of Tsu (No. 14). Another interesting precursor… … Fig. 49. Ancient Chinese Knife Money. knife (No. 17), but the definite adoption of round money as thestandard coinage dates from the reign of the First EmperorShili Huang Ti in 221 B.C. His coins were pieces of half anounce (No. 18) and were continued under the Han dynasty(Nos. 19, 20). The gradual…
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