REFERENCE & PRICE GUIDE
We offer this reference guide to Chinese coins with the hope of promoting greater understanding and appreciation these coins. THIS IS NOT A LIST OF COINS OFFERED FOR SALE, but we do keep a selection available in the Chinese and S.E. Asian directory of our : our vcoins store.
Note that this is a work in progress with new information being added regularly, but will take years to complete. Please be patient and check back regularly.
IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE
- Major references used : S - Schjoth (Chinese Currency), FD - Fisher's Ding, COOLE - (assorted volumes), SE - Shanghai Encyclopedia (assorted volumes), Robert Tye - Wang Mang, Mitchiner - Oriental Coins and Their Values (volumes 1 to 3), H -Hartill Chinese Cast Currency.
- "Bronze" is used to refer to all copper-alloy's. Coins cast of other metals will be noted.
- In most cases, old style translations are used on this site. The new style is better, but few English-language references use it and cross referencing would be confusing. At some time we hope to modify this site to adopt the new style, but this is probably several years away.
- Images are chosen to represent only types and can be larger or smaller than the actual coins, with actual sizes included in most descriptions soon.
- Valuations are in Canadian dollars and in most cases reflect the market as of AD 2002 when most of this site was last worked. We are slowly upgrading this information as it becomes available, but that is a very slow process.
If you wish to find some information on a particular coin but you don't know what the coin is, try our Identification Guide which is currently under construction and while very far from complete might point you in the right direction.
You may browse through the entire listing if you Start Here and follow the "next page" links at the end of each page.
Or, the following index can be used as a short cut to specific areas if you know something about the coin to start with :
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