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Chinese Money

Terms

beibi 貝幣 cowry coins (and imitations)
bubi 布幣 spade coins
daobi 刀幣 knife coins
huanqian 圜錢 round coins
yibiqian 蟻鼻錢 ant-nose coins
wuzhu qian 五銖錢 five-zhu coins
banliang qian 半兩錢 half-liang coins
zhiqian 制錢 standard cash
daqian 大錢 large cash
paper money
feiqian 飛錢 bills
guanzi 關子
huizi 會子
jiaozi 交子
qianyin 錢引
baochao 寶鈔
silver ingots

Monetary History of China

Money during the Shang period
Money during the Zhou period