Kai-yuan

Chinese coin

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introduction by Kao-tsu

  • Herodian coin
    In coin: China

    …Kao-tsu in 621 issued the Kai-yuan coin, which gave the coinage of all the Far East its form until the end of the 19th century—a round coin with a square hole and a four-character legend stating the function (tong-bao, which means “circulating treasure”) and date of the coin. The Southern…

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