Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . ho. Fuiuj ^^ ^ ichu. ^ Four-tchu of the abundant No legend. Rims of the square holeradiating to circumference. ANCIENT KOUND-MONEY. 411 III. The il Han, formerly ^ Tcheng Kingdom. Six Eulers, 304—317 (pres. N. Szetchuen). V. LI SHOU ^ ^ 338—343. Ascending the throne, Li-sheu changed the name of his state into thatof Han, and issued the following money, small and thin :— (1844) Obverse. hi,,;!. Han- % ;^| RisinfT of the Hau. legend. Regular rims. IV. The ^ J^\ Form
Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . ho. Fuiuj ^^ ^ ichu. ^ Four-tchu of the abundant No legend. Rims of the square holeradiating to circumference. ANCIENT KOUND-MONEY. 411 III. The il Han, formerly ^ Tcheng Kingdom. Six Eulers, 304—317 (pres. N. Szetchuen). V. LI SHOU ^ ^ 338—343. Ascending the throne, Li-sheu changed the name of his state into thatof Han, and issued the following money, small and thin :— (1844) Obverse. hi,,;!. Han- % ;^| RisinfT of the Hau. legend. Regular rims. IV. The ^ J^\ Former Liang Kingdom. Seven Rulers, 323—376 (pres. W. Sheusi). III. TCHANG KIU ?I ^ 347—354. From the time of the separation of the country west of the YellowRiver from the remaining part of the Chinese Empire, at the beginningof the Tsin dynasty, no money was any longer used there. Pieces ofclosely-woven silk and hempen cloth were ripped up to be employed ascurrency, but the cutting of the cloth into parts made it unfit for use asclothing and destroyed its value. And it became necessary for the thirdruler, Tchang Kiu, to issue the follo
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