CHINA 766-79 AD YUAN Xinjiang
$650.00
CHINA, TANG Dynasty, 618-907 AD, 1 cash, no date (766-79 AD), Obverse: YUAN, Reverse: blank, copper, 20mm, 2.18g, cast by Chinese military stationed in Xinjiang, H14.132A, flower hole, F
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Description
When I searched for this type on the web the only ones I found for sale were mine that I sold already.
The Tang Dynasty is considered to be a cultural and political high point of Chinese culture. The borders of the country were expanded, especially to the west, and the regulation of commerce and some centuries of domestic security produced long periods of prosperity and the flowering of culture and science.
The oldest Chinese coins are at least as old as the earliest Greek coins. The Chinese coinage system differed from other systems in two ways. It was monometallic, only bronze coins circulated in general commerce. Gold and silver were treated as commodities. And the manufacturing method was by casting in moulds rather than by striking heated solid planchets. The main reference I use in attributing and describing these coins is the book: Chinese Cast Coins, by David Hartill.
