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FINE VINTAGE CHINESE OX BONE POLYCHROMED EXOTIC BIRD CARVING
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Beautifully Detailed Carved Ox Bone Rose Pendant Crown Trifari GP Neckace
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s95388 Two carved ox bone owl pendant beads
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s95389 Carved ox bone skull pendant beads set
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FINE VINTAGE CHINESE OX BONE POLYCHROMED GOOSE CARVING 3
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Interesting Facts about Ancient Chinese Coins

Ancient Chinese coins date back to 2000 BC during the Xia dynasty. There are still coins used today, but then they varied in size and shape and were used for many different things.

During the Shang and Western Zhou eras there were numerous types of coins that came into use. The very first of these coins were cowry money. These were originally made of shells, but substitutes became used later that were made from carved bone. The cowry was outlawed in 221 BC.

During the Spring-Autumn and Warring States era hollow-shaft spade coins were used. Also, some of the first coins resembled knives. They were large and made with a hole at the top for stringing. One kind was called "The Ming" after the city. It was around from 400BC to 225 BC. They, also, had a coin called the "Bu" spade coin. This era also had some of the first round coins.

From 221 to 207 BC the Qin dynasty ruled. Gold and bronze coins were used during this time. The first metal coins were made long before this time, however. They first started sometime around 600 to 300 BC during the Pre-Chou and Chou dynasties.

"Pan Liang" style coins were in service for an extremely long period of time. It is very possible that they were in use up to 2000 years. In some areas they were in use all the way until 1911 AD. The coins were made in the later years of the BC era, somewhere between 140 and 118 BC. These round coins have a square hole in the middle.

Minting coins were first made into a state monopoly during the Han dynasty which roughly lasted around 400 years, between 206 BC to 220 AD. In the first century alone over 220,000 strings were made. Each contained 1000 coins. In the Western Han, casting mould in bronze became used. This was done in order to easily standardize the coins.

A coin much like the Pan Liang was introduced under Emperor Yuan-shou. This was called the Wu-Ch'u. The only difference between the two coins was really that the Wu-Ch'u had a rim to protect it from wear. For hundreds of years this coin was duplicated.

From 1280 to 1368 the Mongols ruled China and they, also, had their own round coin with a square in the middle. This coin was very detailed and had many designs. The coin had to be stopped from usage, though, due to people keeping them. The people were given a time frame to exchange the coins or be punished.

Ancient Chinese coins very old, very detailed history. There have been so many unique unusually shaped coins. The coins have had many different materials. Many of the coins eventually became formed metal. The coins details all came from the current dynasty's rulers.

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