Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . nasty of the same name previously ruling at Nanking (see above,p. 419). The Yuiig-ngan pieces of the Wei dynasty remained in circulation,and all the copper money which had not the standard weight waswithdrawn. Innovations of importance were introduced. To preventthe use of false money, a balance was placed at the entrance of everymarket-place, in the capitals as well as in the provinces and princi-palities, and every private person who used scales in the market wascompelled to have them verif
Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . nasty of the same name previously ruling at Nanking (see above,p. 419). The Yuiig-ngan pieces of the Wei dynasty remained in circulation,and all the copper money which had not the standard weight waswithdrawn. Innovations of importance were introduced. To preventthe use of false money, a balance was placed at the entrance of everymarket-place, in the capitals as well as in the provinces and princi-palities, and every private person who used scales in the market wascompelled to have them verified by the government standard. Ahundred copper 5-tchu pieces were to have their regular weight of500 tchus, otherwise 1 kin 4 Hang and 20 tchu; lighter weight was notpermitted to circulate. A great advantage was found in these measures,as they allowed anyone to cast his own money, provided his pieces hadtlie standard weight and quality. In the fourth year flen pao, 553, the new currency Avas issued, asfollows; but all these ai-rangements did not prevent false coiners. 461. Obverse. No lesfeud. iepuiar rims. Till. NDirniEKX Tciior dynasty /.•/„ Tchuiiij WH legend.
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