Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . e associated-names-series, 52-55 (922-927), ofTer some moreinformation on the interesting fact that associations of traders or guildsof towns issued money, a fact disclosed in other series, 6, 7, 39 (442-453,478, 479), and on -which see Introduction. The most interesting is thespecimen 55 which exemplifies a currency issued for the travellingmerchants between Tsih-moh in the Shantung peninsula, and Kwan-tchung, the capital of the state of Tsin, in Shansi. Tiie geography of the Knife-Money, ex
Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . e associated-names-series, 52-55 (922-927), ofTer some moreinformation on the interesting fact that associations of traders or guildsof towns issued money, a fact disclosed in other series, 6, 7, 39 (442-453,478, 479), and on -which see Introduction. The most interesting is thespecimen 55 which exemplifies a currency issued for the travellingmerchants between Tsih-moh in the Shantung peninsula, and Kwan-tchung, the capital of the state of Tsin, in Shansi. Tiie geography of the Knife-Money, except the above case, islimited to the Shantung peninsula and conterminous region. Thismatter, and the trade-routes suggested by the associated names, thedecipherment of the legends, and the weights and measures are treatedof in the Introduction. A. Larger sort. (I.) Older series, a. Various single names. 44. Obverse. Tsih city, perhapsan earlier name of thefollowing Tsih-moh. Seeabove (487-490), of thePii-Money series. Theforms of the charactersare a revival of somevery ancient ones. yh. Same name as onthe reverse. .E. Size 6-5. Wt. 953. KNIFK-]\r()Ni:V IV. KNIFE-]\IONEY {conlinucd). {Gardner Coll.) Tsih n moh m yh P tchi z kiu * hiva ^ A. Larger sort. (II.) Later series. 45. Obverse. , Reverse. Currency of city.
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