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These were brass 1 cash, copper 2, 5, 10 and 20 cash, and silver 1, 2 and 5 jiao and 1 yuan. After the revolution, although the designs changed, the sizes and metals used in the coinage remained mostly unchanged until the 1930s. From 1936, the central government issued nickel (later cupronickel) 5, 10 and 20 fen and 1 ⁄ 2 yuan coins ...
The Yuan was subdivided into 10 jiao (角), 100 fen (分) or 1000 li (釐). Coins were issued in denominations of 5 li up to 10 fen . In 1944 and 1945, Manchukuo issued coins (1 and 5 fen ) made of what the Standard Catalog of World Coins describes as "red or brown fiber", resembling cardboard .
A jiao (/ dʒ aʊ /; Chinese: 角), or mao (Chinese: 毛) (Cantonese: hou [Chinese: 毫]), is a unit of currency used in China, including the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. One jiao is equal to 1 ⁄ 10 of a yuan or 10 fēn (分). The Renminbi has coins of 1, 2 and 5 jiao. [1] The 2 jiao coin is no longer in circulation.
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Old Chinese Currency used in 1920–23. This currency was also used in Hunza state.. The use of shell money is attested to in the Chinese writing system.The traditional characters for 'goods' (貨), 'buy/sell' (買/賣), and 'monger' (販), in addition to various other words relating to 'exchange', all contain the radical 貝, which is the pictograph for shell (simplified to 贝).
(9–10 years) 1116–1106 (9–10 years) Son of Wu Yi Yin: The Predynastic Zhou rose in power during his reign, led by Ji, King of Zhou [64] Di Yi 帝乙: Zi Xian 子羡: 1101–1076 (24–25 years) 1105–1087 (17–18 years) Son of Wen Wu Ding Yin: Supposedly married his daughter to King Wen of Zhou, [65] [66] or married his sister to Ji ...
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A Sichuanese man carrying 13,500 cash coins.. A string of cash coins (Traditional Chinese: 貫, 索, 緡, 繦, 鏹, [a] 吊, 串, 弔, 錢貫, 貫錢, [b] 貫文, 吊文, or 串文; French: Ligature de sapèques) refers to a historical Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Ryukyuan, and Vietnamese currency unit that was used as a superunit of the Chinese cash, Japanese mon, Korean mun, Ryukyuan mon, and ...