Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . ^. Tim kiu, 500—505. Altcr the confusion caused by the fall of the Liang dynasty, thecumbrous iron money did not circulate any longer. The new princesreverted to the old b-tcltu piece currency. In the second year tlen. kic, 561, the 5-ichu pieces of the old pattern were again issued, andtheir c-urrent value was regulated at ten of the goosc-cye pieces, whichwere still in circulation. IMlNn-MoNKV IV. llIUll SlUEN Tl ifl Vr .^i;-. ^D- •)D9—5H2. SiNCLH NiKN-IIAO : ;/^ Jj!
Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . ^. Tim kiu, 500—505. Altcr the confusion caused by the fall of the Liang dynasty, thecumbrous iron money did not circulate any longer. The new princesreverted to the old b-tcltu piece currency. In the second year tlen. kic, 561, the 5-ichu pieces of the old pattern were again issued, andtheir c-urrent value was regulated at ten of the goosc-cye pieces, whichwere still in circulation. IMlNn-MoNKV IV. llIUll SlUEN Tl ifl Vr .^i;-. ^D- •)D9—5H2. SiNCLH NiKN-IIAO : ;/^ Jj! Vlf /.-(fc?!.. Without interrupting the issue of the 5-tc/iii pieces, Siiion Ii, in liiseleventh year fa hieyi, or 579, created a new currency in tli(> sliajxof pieces weighing six tchus, and having a nominal value of ten r)-tcliiipieces; but they were not found convenient, and their rilati\(^ valuewas changed so that they soon circulated at the same rate as the 5-tehujiieces; and as the Emperor died within three years they disappeared altogether. 453. OB\tis] , l{i.:vi;i(,sH. m tcin. Gi-eat uiont^y. ; tchus. 454. Obverse. Same lepeiul. iSiiiallri riiiis. Reverse. No rims. The Northern Wei ijt; |i Dynasty. Fifteen Rulers, ?•^0—?••l- Capital at lleiig slian jg \[\ (modern IVliengting, rdnlili, N.)After 494 at Loh-yang, Honan. Vil. TOIA HUNG HIAO WEN TI ^CSiig^^.l?-^-- ^?*^- Ili-^^-!-Tiiit;!! Xikn-hao : -{^ ^w Tm-lio, 177—4it.».As loiinas Ihov )et:nnc(l Ihc seal »[ govrrnuient at Heng-shan .\. Tfliilili, tiie Lopa Tatars, who assuined tiie .lynaslic nai of W, TIIK NORTFIEKX WKI DYNASTY. do not appeal to Imve issued any metallic currency. Trade was carriedon by barter, as in former times, tlie northern populations not being asyet accustomed to copper money. But when the capital had beenremoved to Loh-yanc; the want of such a currency was felt. In thenineteenth year tal-ho, 495, 5-tchu pieces were issued with th
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