Description
- MATERIAL AND TYPE: It consisted of Knife money, and round coins with square holes - perhaps representing the top bit of knife money, which had a hole for suspension. In all cases the coinage was cast, unlike most of the rest of the world which had struck coinage
- INFORMATION: The Ancient cast Chinese coins were usually made from mixtures of metals such as copper, tin and lead, from bronze, brass or iron: Precious metals like gold and silver were uncommonly used.
- Elegant Design:Set of 12 genuine ancient Chinese Cast Coins and The coins are mounted with silk thread on A4 card, which can be inserted into a frame .They look stunning in either a black or gold frame. The coins were obtained from a reputable antiquities dealer in Singapore many years ago.
- HISTORY:Chinese "charms", as a form independent of coins, did not really appear until the Han Dynasty. But, even some of the earliest forms of metal money such as spades and knives had charm-like qualities in that they had "auspicious" or "good luck" characters and inscriptions and square holes coins made with different materials.
- Sign Of Good Luck: Good Luck Coins Ancient Chinese The round shape represents heaven, while the square represents Earth, The other popular way to use Chinese coins to attract the energy of money is to carry them in your wallet or in your pocket.
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HISTORY:Chronologically, this set of coins features a dynastic series of 12 cast coins.It begins with a 4-chu Pan Liang cash of the Western Han dynasty, followed by Huo-Chuan cash of the usurper, Wang Mang. Next was the popular Wu Chu. When Li Yuan declared himself the first emperor of Tang, he introduced the Kai-Yuan which lasted for the duration of his dynasty,The period when China was known to the Western world as the centre of civilization. The founder of the Northern Sung (A.D 960 - 1127) was Chao K'uang-yin who rose from general to emperor, while Chu Yuan-chang, the first ruler of the Ming dynasty (A.D. 1368 1644) was himself a monk. The collapse of the Ching government in 1911 marked the ultimate end of imperial rule in China.
