Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . ckoned in history until 420 , when the Emperor of the Wei Tatar,with his capital at Tchang-ngan (modern Si-ngan fu, S. Shensi), hadsubdued the smaller states, and the Sung dynasty began at dynasties ruled successively in the north, whilst five ruled alsosuccessively in the south of the empire. The Sung ^i Dynasty (South). Eight Eulers, 420—478. Capital at Kien-kang (present Nanking in Kiaugsu). III. Y-LUNG WEN TI M^ ff ^-d- 424—453. No issue of money seems to have ta
Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . ckoned in history until 420 , when the Emperor of the Wei Tatar,with his capital at Tchang-ngan (modern Si-ngan fu, S. Shensi), hadsubdued the smaller states, and the Sung dynasty began at dynasties ruled successively in the north, whilst five ruled alsosuccessively in the south of the empire. The Sung ^i Dynasty (South). Eight Eulers, 420—478. Capital at Kien-kang (present Nanking in Kiaugsu). III. Y-LUNG WEN TI M^ ff ^-d- 424—453. No issue of money seems to have taken place during the first years ofthe dynasty. It was only under the third Emperor, Y-lung Wen Ti, inthe seventh year i/ue7i kia jc ^ 430 , that a new currency wasissued. The pieces had a raised edge with the design four tchus, andthey were equal in value to the old b-tchu pieces. As they were easilydistinguished from counterfeit and clipped pieces, the fabrication offalse money fell to a minimum, and the satisfaction of the people wasgreat. Reverse. Mm. S^e-Foiir No rims. Till: SUNG Reversf. tchu. Sze
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