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Traditionally, Chinese cash coins were cast in copper, brass or iron. In mid-1800, coins were made from three pieces of copper and two parts of lead. Molten silver occur periodically but are much rarer. The molten gold coins Also known to exist but are rare.
Chinese money home currency in exchange for agricultural tools and agricultural surpluses. Around 1200 BC, so smaller shovels, hoes, knives and began to be used to make small exchanges with the tokens later melted down to supply real agricultural implements. These cards came to be used as means of exchange of themselves and were known as cash and knife blade.
The before the coins were issued for weight standards directly related names, so if a coin weighted to twelve grams were almost certain Liang January 1 (or 1 jin) designation. During the Chin Dynasty, around about 250 BC, this time and you start to see the coins issued with name brand bearing no relation with the particular weight of the coin. This is best seen in Ban Liang (1 / 2 Liang) coins of the State of the jaw that weight can vary significantly, but not before Despite enormous issues in diameter at least six grams (and often much more), but the size and weight fell and continued when they were last in the dynasty They are typically seen in three grams or less perhaps, but still under the name of Liang Ban them.
The Koreans, Japanese and Vietnamese All issue its own copper cash in the second part of the second millennium, similar to those used by China.
The last cash coins were struck, not cast, in the reign of Qing Emperor Xuantong just before the fall of the Empire in 1911. The currency is still used unofficially in China until mid-twentieth century.
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