CHINESE EMPIRE Coins
First Unified Chinese Coin: Ban Liang History and Value
Illustrated Specimen Details: Bronze Ban Liang Example Specimen: Ban liang, 180-157 BC (Chinese Empire - Western Han) Authority & Heraldry: This uniface round coin with a square hole in the center was issued during the reig…
Qian Coin — Ancient Ancestor of Chinese Cash
Illustrated Specimen Details: Chinese Empire (Northern Song) 10 Qian Example Specimen: 10 qian (or cash), 1102-1106 — Chinese Empire (Northern Song) Ruler: Emperor Huizong of Song (1100-1126). Design & Inscriptions: T…
Huo quan: coin of Chinese Empire (Xin dynasty)
HUO QUAN: COIN OF ANCIENT CHINA Huo quan, 14-23 AD: Chinese Empire (Xin dynasty) Xin dynasty — a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty (from 9 to 23 AD), established by the Wang Mang, who usurped the throne. This dynasty ruled for a little over a …
Zhu: coin of Chinese Empire (Xin dynasty)
ZHU: COIN OF ANCIENT CHINA 50 zhu (Daquan Wushi), 9-23 AD: Chinese Empire (Xin dynasty) The Xin dynasty in Chinese historiography, was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty which lasted from 9 to 23 AD, established by the Wang Mang, who usurped th…