The Casting of Coins. Shanghai Museum.

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(Exclusive for Alamy) In the Pre-Qin period(before 221BC), Chinese metal coins were made by bunch-casting, but later in the period from Qin to Southern and Northern dynasties (221 BC - 581AD), both bunch-casting and stacking-casting were adopted. And from Sui and tang dynasties (581-907 AD) on, sand moulds casting was used mostly. Shanghai Museum.

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Shanghai China
Photo credit: © Lou-Foto / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ancient, casting, china, chinese, coin, coins, hole, museum