Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . y for two years, and wasthen compelled to abdicate in favour of his powerful kinsman Liu-siu, adescendant of King Ti, who ascended the tlirone in 25 under thetitle of Kwang Wu Ti, and founded the second Han dynasty. All thesetroubles had thrown disorder into the money affairs. The various cur-rencies issued by Wang Mang had fallen into disrepute, and silk, cloths,metals in lumps, and corn, were again resorted to as in olden times. In the second year Kien Wu, i. e. 26, as shown by th
Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . y for two years, and wasthen compelled to abdicate in favour of his powerful kinsman Liu-siu, adescendant of King Ti, who ascended the tlirone in 25 under thetitle of Kwang Wu Ti, and founded the second Han dynasty. All thesetroubles had thrown disorder into the money affairs. The various cur-rencies issued by Wang Mang had fallen into disrepute, and silk, cloths,metals in lumps, and corn, were again resorted to as in olden times. In the second year Kien Wu, i. e. 26, as shown by the archaeo-logical find of a mould of that date, some cash of the pattern Wu-tchu%% i were cast, but the state of the country, still unpacifled, requiredall the energies of the government. It was only on the ten times repeatedrequest of the famous general Ma Yuen, then chancellor of Lung-si(S. of present Kan-suh), that, in 40, the h-tchu cash were regularlybrought into circulation, to the great satisfaction of the people. 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403. OliVEKSE. KeVERSE. ichu. Wu-? Five
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