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Art. IX.—On the Origin and Earlier History of the Chinese Coinage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

L. C. Hopkins
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The origin and earlier history of the Chinese coinage have been discussed in several European works, of which the most important are, in order of date, Dr. W. Vissering's “On Chinese Currency,” Leiden, 1877; Professor S. M. Georgievsky's “Drevneishia moneti Kitaichev” (The Ancient Chinese Coins), 1889; and M. Terrien de Lacouperie's “Catalogue of Chinese Coins,” printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1892.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , April 1895 , pp. 317 - 378
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1895

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page 331 note 1 Another popular and apparently similar name is given in the Chin Shih So, viz. , tzŭ kan ch'ien, the exact meaning of which I cannot ascertain.

page 351 note 1 In our own Office of Works the passion for economy is carried out in such an unfaltering spirit that the V.R. marked on Government furniture, boundary stones, etc., is carved thus V.R., a single line serving as the right-hand stroke of the V and the upright of the R.

page 376 note 1 As Vissering correctly points out, p. 102, note 2, the usage of these terms with respect to coins is exactly the reverse of ours, though it conforms to European heraldic practice. The “left” of a coin, as Chinese call it, is our “right.” However, the practice must have varied, for “right” and “left” in the Ku Ch'üan Hui are the same as with us. Is this an archaism?