Studies of the alloy composition of more than two thousand years of Chinese coins (5th century BC- 20th Century AD)
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Jan 29, 2022
Abstract
This paper describes the development of Chinese coinage alloys from the 5th century BC to the 20th century AD. The authors studied the evolution of their composition, based on chemical analyses of more than 1,000 ancient Chinese copper-base coins, and found much important information including the exact time when China began to use brass for the minting of coins.
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Dai Zhiqiang and others, Preliminary Analysis of Metal Proportions of Northern Song Copper Coins, China Numismatics, No. 3, 1985.
Zhou Weirong, A Brief Textual Research of Brass Coins in Ancient China, in A Collection of Chinese Numismatic Theses, 2nd edition, China Financial Publishing House, 1991.
Zhao Kuanghua and others, An Analysis of Chemical Contents of Copper Coins of Ming Dynasty, Studies in the History of Natural Science, (1), 1988.
Peng Xinwei, History of Chinese Currency, p. 757, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1988.
Hua Jeuming, The History of World Metallurgy. China SciTech Press, 1985.
How to Cite
Dai, Z., & Zhou, W. (2022). Studies of the alloy composition of more than two thousand years of Chinese coins (5th century BC- 20th Century AD). Historical Metallurgy, 26, 45-55. https://hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/514
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Dai, Z., & Zhou, W. (2022). Studies of the alloy composition of more than two thousand years of Chinese coins (5th century BC- 20th Century AD). Historical Metallurgy, 26, 45-55. https://hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/514