Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . m IE. Size 31. Wt. A representative specimen of a spurious issue made from written descriptions (as inthe 7v7/i tiny Tuini luh K. II., f. G), for unaware collectors. KNIFE-MONEY. 299 A silver knife of tlie same shape as the preceding, but larger in size, said to havebeen discovered in Shantung, is figured in the Kien Lungs Museum Catalogue,section of Money {Kin tiiicj Tsien Ink, K. II., f. 1). The legend on the obverse (thereverse is uninscribed) should read ^ ^Jij ^ -^ Txi Tni Knug Kin. M. S
Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . m IE. Size 31. Wt. A representative specimen of a spurious issue made from written descriptions (as inthe 7v7/i tiny Tuini luh K. II., f. G), for unaware collectors. KNIFE-MONEY. 299 A silver knife of tlie same shape as the preceding, but larger in size, said to havebeen discovered in Shantung, is figured in the Kien Lungs Museum Catalogue,section of Money {Kin tiiicj Tsien Ink, K. II., f. 1). The legend on the obverse (thereverse is uninscribed) should read ^ ^Jij ^ -^ Txi Tni Knug Kin. M. Si20 ?«. (1574) A knife of same shape nnd size, without inscriptiou, with two centrallengthwise, is figured in the same catalogue, K. I., f. 3. ? ? ? ? it Jnra. No legend. Only three horizontal litios as in the T,v» type. Size 5-1. \Vt. 339. IVnor DYNASTY V. SUNDRY SHAPES. ) (i-7r,) «^ ^A ^ ^ 5^ ga Inh fB * ^^ ^-/n. f. Eac 1 siix ichun (weights). r,niHang Obv. (1577) (1578) * xyj P. n ffi .(?. Half ounce. 9 Undeciphered. Ai. Size as figured. Reverse not inscribed, and convex. This somewhat curious currency, which, as a matter of tact, was a metallic sub-stitute for the cowries, and for that reason is sometimes called Shell-Money, hasreceived the quaint appellatives of Ghosts heads % 3% Kwei ton and Antsnoses money ^ ^ ^ Y-pi isien. It was issued, according to tradition, by the careof Siin-siok Ngao, Prime Minister of Tchwang, king of Tsu (S. Honau, Hupeh, &c.)who ruled in 612-589 Ilpfn-fnres.—, fcheiir, III. f 15.— VI, ff. Ki, 17. SUNDRY :\(1579) Obversk. JJkvkrsk. Plain, no legend.
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