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Image 01 Coins from the Han, Tang, Sung, Ming and Qing dynasties. |
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Image 02 Coins from Manchukuo. |
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Image 03 Along with unifying the coinage and monetary system with standard coinage, Qin Shihuangdi also standardized the use of measures and weights. Bronze inscribed measure, 9 CE. |
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Image 04 Bronze moulds for casting copper coins. Wuzhu coins were introduced by Han Wudi in 126 BCE and proved so successful that they were still in use in the early Tang dynasty, some 700 years later. |
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Image 05 A glazed pottery money- box, decorated with Wuzhu coin patterns, c. 2nd century CE. |
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