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  2. Chinese bronze inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    mǎ horse 虎 hǔ tiger 豕 shǐ swine 犬 quǎn dog 象 xiàng elephant 龜 guī turtle 為 wèi to lead 疾 jí illness 馬 虎 豕 犬 象 龜 為 疾 mǎ hǔ shǐ quǎn xiàng guī wèi jí horse tiger swine dog elephant turtle {to lead} illness Of the 12,000 inscribed bronzes extant today, roughly 3,000 date from the Shang dynasty, 6,000 from the Zhou dynasty, and the final 3,000 from the ...

  3. Chop marks on coins - Wikipedia

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    The marks are usually small and unclear but occasionally full Chinese characters, or small fish symbols, can be found. The character Tian (天), meaning "Heaven" is known from at least one example. The purpose of such chopmarks has been debated, with one theory suggesting it was a way to mark the premium full sized cash coins when compared to ...

  4. Historical markers of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The First Congress of the Republic of the Philippines 1946 ~ 1949 – The marker concerning the first congress is the biggest marker made, measuring at 52x72 inches. The 1946 marker was replaced on January 27, 2010, when governor Carlos Padilla of Nueva Vizcaya asked why his father, Constancio Padilla was missing from the list of the legislators.

  5. List of historical markers of the Philippines in Metro Manila

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    Chinese school established by Tan Kang, first Chinese consul to the Philippines in 1899 Tiong Se Academy, Sta. Elena St. Filipino September 5, 2013 [26] William J. Burke (1873–1946) The first cardiologist in the Philippines to use the electrocardiograph. Burke Building, Burke St. cor. Escolta St. Filipino February 26, 1993

  6. Chinese ritual bronzes - Wikipedia

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    A recent compositional analysis has proposed that the metals used to manufacture the Chinese ritual bronzes derived from mining progressively deeper ores in deposits close to where many of these bronzes were unearthed, and calls into question interpretations of social, cultural and technological change during the Chinese Bronze Age predicated ...

  7. List of Chinese cash coins by inscription - Wikipedia

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    These cash coins have a large dot above on the reverse side. They are made of iron and the same coin cast in bronze is extremely rare. 922: Wang Shenzhi: Kaiyuan Tongbao: 開元通寶: kāiyuán tōng bǎo: These cash coins have the character Min (Chinese: 閩; pinyin: mǐn) on the reverse. They are from the Fujian region and made of lead. Wang ...

  8. Kangxi Tongbao - Wikipedia

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    In the year Kangxi 1 (or the Gregorian year 1662) all provincial mints in the Qing dynasty were closed down with the exception of the Jiangning Mint. Meanwhile in Kangxi 5 (1667) all provincial mints would re-open again but three years later a large number of them would close down due to the high price of copper in China at the time.

  9. Coins of the Philippine peso - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine peso is derived from the Spanish dollar or pieces of eight brought over in large quantities by the Manila galleons of the 16th to 19th centuries. From the same Spanish peso or dollar is derived the various pesos of Latin America, the dollars of the US and Hong Kong, as well as the Chinese yuan and the Japanese yen.