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</div> <div class="columns"> <div class="content"> <div class="archive_intro post_box grt top"> <h1 class="archive_title headline">Chinese coins</h1> </div> <div id="post-8987" class="post_box grt top" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <div class="headline_area"> <h2 class="headline" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/03/19/coins-made-of-turtle-shell-discovered-at-famen-temple/" rel="bookmark">Coins Made of Turtle Shell Discovered at Famen Temple</a></h2> <div class="byline small"> <span class="post_author_intro">by</span> <span class="post_author" itemprop="author">Gary Ashkenazy</span> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2021-03-19" /> <meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2021-03-19" /> <span class="post_date_intro">on</span> <span class="post_date" title="2021-03-19">March 19, 2021</span> </div> </div> <a class="thumb_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/03/19/coins-made-of-turtle-shell-discovered-at-famen-temple/" title="read more"><img fetchpriority="high" class="thumb alignleft frame" src="https://primaltrek.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/famenturtleshellcoin2.jpg" width="162" height="150" alt="“Kaiyuan Tongbao” coin made from hawksbill sea turtle shell" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /></a> <div class="post_content post_excerpt" itemprop="description"> <p>During renovation of the Famen Temple (Famensi 法门寺) in 1987, an underground “palace” was discovered under the foundation of the pagoda. This secret vault was found intact and had never been looted by grave robbers. Upon opening the vault, the archaeologists discovered remarkable treasures including the relic of a finger bone of the Buddha (释迦牟尼). [...]</p> </div> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments:0" /> <span class="bracket">{</span> <a class="num_comments_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/03/19/coins-made-of-turtle-shell-discovered-at-famen-temple/#commentform" rel="nofollow"><span class="num_comments">0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span> </div> <div id="post-9214" class="post_box grt" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <div class="headline_area"> <h2 class="headline" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/03/08/archaeological-blind-boxes-and-ancient-chinese-coins/" rel="bookmark">Archaeological Blind Boxes and Ancient Chinese Coins</a></h2> <div class="byline small"> <span class="post_author_intro">by</span> <span class="post_author" itemprop="author">Gary Ashkenazy</span> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2021-03-08" /> <meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2021-03-08" /> <span class="post_date_intro">on</span> <span class="post_date" title="2021-03-08">March 8, 2021</span> </div> </div> <a class="thumb_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/03/08/archaeological-blind-boxes-and-ancient-chinese-coins/" title="read more"><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="https://primaltrek.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/digtreasurebox2.jpg" width="150" height="139" alt="Archaeological Blind Boxes and Ancient Chinese Coins thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /></a> <div class="post_content post_excerpt" itemprop="description"> <p>Staff member at the Henan Museum using a ‘Luoyang shovel’ to dig for treasure in a blind box For several years, Chinese museums have been offering archaeological blind boxes (考古盲盒) in an effort to promote and popularize archaeology to the general public. These boxes are sold in museum gift shops and are especially popular with [...]</p> </div> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments:0" /> <span class="bracket">{</span> <a class="num_comments_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/03/08/archaeological-blind-boxes-and-ancient-chinese-coins/#commentform" rel="nofollow"><span class="num_comments">0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span> </div> <div id="post-8224" class="post_box grt" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <div class="headline_area"> <h2 class="headline" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/03/01/bodhidharma-holding-a-wu-zhu-coin/" rel="bookmark">Bodhidharma Holding a Wu Zhu Coin</a></h2> <div class="byline small"> <span class="post_author_intro">by</span> <span class="post_author" itemprop="author">Gary Ashkenazy</span> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2021-03-01" /> <meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2021-03-01" /> <span class="post_date_intro">on</span> <span class="post_date" title="2021-03-01">March 1, 2021</span> </div> </div> <a class="thumb_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/03/01/bodhidharma-holding-a-wu-zhu-coin/" title="read more"><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20224'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="150" height="224" alt="Bodhidharma Holding a Wu Zhu Coin thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" data-lazy-src="https://primaltrek.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bodhidharma4.jpg" /><noscript><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="https://primaltrek.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bodhidharma4.jpg" width="150" height="224" alt="Bodhidharma Holding a Wu Zhu Coin thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /></noscript></a> <div class="post_content post_excerpt" itemprop="description"> <p>Bodhidharma (菩提达摩) was a Buddhist monk who came to China from Central Asia or the Indian subcontinent during the 5th or 6th centuries. Little is known about him but he is regarded as the founder of Chan Buddhism (禅) in China. Chan Buddhism eventually migrated to Japan where it further evolved into what is known [...]</p> </div> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments:0" /> <span class="bracket">{</span> <a class="num_comments_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/03/01/bodhidharma-holding-a-wu-zhu-coin/#commentform" rel="nofollow"><span class="num_comments">0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span> </div> <div id="post-8817" class="post_box grt" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <div class="headline_area"> <h2 class="headline" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/02/04/coin-dragon/" rel="bookmark">Coin Dragon</a></h2> <div class="byline small"> <span class="post_author_intro">by</span> <span class="post_author" itemprop="author">Gary Ashkenazy</span> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2021-02-04" /> <meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2021-03-16" /> <span class="post_date_intro">on</span> <span class="post_date" title="2021-02-04">February 4, 2021</span> </div> </div> <a class="thumb_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/02/04/coin-dragon/" title="read more"><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20211%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="211" height="150" alt="Coin Dragon thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" data-lazy-src="https://primaltrek.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/coindragonimagehead2.jpg" /><noscript><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="https://primaltrek.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/coindragonimagehead2.jpg" width="211" height="150" alt="Coin Dragon thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /></noscript></a> <div class="post_content post_excerpt" itemprop="description"> <p>According to an article in the December 4, 2020 edition of the Science and Technology Daily (科技日报) written by Mr. Zhou Qian (周乾) who is a researcher at the museum, a surprising discovery was made in 2017 during renovation of the Hall of Mental Cultivation (yangxin dian 养心殿) in the Forbidden City (Palace Museum 紫禁城) [...]</p> </div> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments:0" /> <span class="bracket">{</span> <a class="num_comments_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/02/04/coin-dragon/#commentform" rel="nofollow"><span class="num_comments">0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span> </div> <div id="post-8674" class="post_box grt" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <div class="headline_area"> <h2 class="headline" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/01/14/chinese-villager-unearths-old-coin-while-digging-ancestral-grave/" rel="bookmark">Chinese Villager Unearths ‘Old Coin’ While Digging Ancestral Grave</a></h2> <div class="byline small"> <span class="post_author_intro">by</span> <span class="post_author" itemprop="author">Gary Ashkenazy</span> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2021-01-14" /> <meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2021-02-21" /> <span class="post_date_intro">on</span> <span class="post_date" title="2021-01-14">January 14, 2021</span> </div> </div> <a class="thumb_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/01/14/chinese-villager-unearths-old-coin-while-digging-ancestral-grave/" title="read more"><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Chinese Villager Unearths ‘Old Coin’ While Digging Ancestral Grave thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" data-lazy-src="https://primaltrek.com/spider1a.jpg" /><noscript><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="https://primaltrek.com/spider1a.jpg" alt="Chinese Villager Unearths ‘Old Coin’ While Digging Ancestral Grave thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /></noscript></a> <div class="post_content post_excerpt" itemprop="description"> <p>‘Ancient Chinese coin’ discovered by villager while digging at ancestral burial site A recent newspaper article tells the story of a Chinese villager who decided to move his family’s ancestral graves to a place with better feng shui (风水). While digging, he accidentally uncovered an ancient coin. He had heard stories of people becoming rich [...]</p> </div> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments:0" /> <span class="bracket">{</span> <a class="num_comments_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/01/14/chinese-villager-unearths-old-coin-while-digging-ancestral-grave/#commentform" rel="nofollow"><span class="num_comments">0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span> </div> <div id="post-8606" class="post_box grt" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <div class="headline_area"> <h2 class="headline" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/01/08/unusual-variations-of-the-kai-yuan-tong-bao-coin/" rel="bookmark">Unusual Variations of the ‘Kai Yuan Tong Bao’ Coin</a></h2> <div class="byline small"> <span class="post_author_intro">by</span> <span class="post_author" itemprop="author">Gary Ashkenazy</span> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2021-01-08" /> <meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2021-02-21" /> <span class="post_date_intro">on</span> <span class="post_date" title="2021-01-08">January 8, 2021</span> </div> </div> <a class="thumb_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/01/08/unusual-variations-of-the-kai-yuan-tong-bao-coin/" title="read more"><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Unusual Variations of the ‘Kai Yuan Tong Bao’ Coin thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" data-lazy-src="https://primaltrek.com/kaiyuantongbaolead2.jpg" /><noscript><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="https://primaltrek.com/kaiyuantongbaolead2.jpg" alt="Unusual Variations of the ‘Kai Yuan Tong Bao’ Coin thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /></noscript></a> <div class="post_content post_excerpt" itemprop="description"> <p>With the minting of the kai yuan tong bao (開元通寶) coin beginning in 621 AD during the reign of Emperor Gaozu (唐高祖) of the Tang dynasty (唐朝), almost 700 years of the continuous casting of the wu zhu (五铢) coin ended. Kai Yuan Tong Bao coin from the Tang dynasty The kai yuan tong bao, [...]</p> </div> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments:1" /> <span class="bracket">{</span> <a class="num_comments_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2021/01/08/unusual-variations-of-the-kai-yuan-tong-bao-coin/#comments" rel="nofollow"><span class="num_comments">1</span> comment</a> <span class="bracket">}</span> </div> <div id="post-8486" class="post_box grt" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <div class="headline_area"> <h2 class="headline" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2020/12/22/turtle-shaped-coin-of-the-han-dynasty/" rel="bookmark">Turtle-Shaped Coin of the Han Dynasty</a></h2> <div class="byline small"> <span class="post_author_intro">by</span> <span class="post_author" itemprop="author">Gary Ashkenazy</span> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2020-12-22" /> <meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2020-12-22" /> <span class="post_date_intro">on</span> <span class="post_date" title="2020-12-22">December 22, 2020</span> </div> </div> <a class="thumb_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2020/12/22/turtle-shaped-coin-of-the-han-dynasty/" title="read more"><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Turtle-Shaped Coin of the Han Dynasty thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" data-lazy-src="http://primaltrek.com/tortoisecakecoinrev2.jpeg" /><noscript><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="http://primaltrek.com/tortoisecakecoinrev2.jpeg" alt="Turtle-Shaped Coin of the Han Dynasty thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /></noscript></a> <div class="post_content post_excerpt" itemprop="description"> <p>Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Because of expenses incurred in fighting the Xiongnu (匈奴) and opening up new territories, Emperor Wu (武帝 156 BC – 87 BC) of the Han dynasty (汉朝 202 BC – 220 AD) was in desperate need to raise revenues and in 119 BC decided to issue a new type [...]</p> </div> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments:0" /> <span class="bracket">{</span> <a class="num_comments_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2020/12/22/turtle-shaped-coin-of-the-han-dynasty/#commentform" rel="nofollow"><span class="num_comments">0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span> </div> <div id="post-8194" class="post_box grt" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <div class="headline_area"> <h2 class="headline" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2016/11/16/earliest-peasant-rebellion-in-china-to-mint-coins/" rel="bookmark">Earliest Peasant Rebellion in China to Mint Coins</a></h2> <div class="byline small"> <span class="post_author_intro">by</span> <span class="post_author" itemprop="author">Gary Ashkenazy</span> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2016-11-16" /> <meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2016-11-16" /> <span class="post_date_intro">on</span> <span class="post_date" title="2016-11-16">November 16, 2016</span> </div> </div> <a class="thumb_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2016/11/16/earliest-peasant-rebellion-in-china-to-mint-coins/" title="read more"><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Earliest Peasant Rebellion in China to Mint Coins thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" data-lazy-src="http://primaltrek.com/yinggantongbaoobv1.jpg" /><noscript><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="http://primaltrek.com/yinggantongbaoobv1.jpg" alt="Earliest Peasant Rebellion in China to Mint Coins thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /></noscript></a> <div class="post_content post_excerpt" itemprop="description"> <p>Thirty years after the founding of the Song dynasty (宋朝 960-1279), the government was still struggling to consolidate rule. Economic hardship in the country was so great that peasants formed rebel armies to resist Song authority and kill corrupt officials. The largest uprising took place in Sichuan (四川). Tea farmers rose up against the government [...]</p> </div> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments:0" /> <span class="bracket">{</span> <a class="num_comments_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2016/11/16/earliest-peasant-rebellion-in-china-to-mint-coins/#commentform" rel="nofollow"><span class="num_comments">0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span> </div> <div id="post-8110" class="post_box grt" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <div class="headline_area"> <h2 class="headline" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2016/10/13/southern-song-coin-for-jin-army-defectors/" rel="bookmark">Southern Song Coin for Jin Army Defectors</a></h2> <div class="byline small"> <span class="post_author_intro">by</span> <span class="post_author" itemprop="author">Gary Ashkenazy</span> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2016-10-13" /> <meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2016-10-13" /> <span class="post_date_intro">on</span> <span class="post_date" title="2016-10-13">October 13, 2016</span> </div> </div> <a class="thumb_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2016/10/13/southern-song-coin-for-jin-army-defectors/" title="read more"><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Southern Song Coin for Jin Army Defectors thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" data-lazy-src="http://primaltrek.com/zhaonaxinbao1.jpg" /><noscript><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="http://primaltrek.com/zhaonaxinbao1.jpg" alt="Southern Song Coin for Jin Army Defectors thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /></noscript></a> <div class="post_content post_excerpt" itemprop="description"> <p>In the summer of 1131 AD, the armies of the Southern Song (南宋) and the Jin (金朝) were encamped on opposite sides of the Yangtze River (Changjiang 长江) and engaged in a pitched battle. General Liu Guangshi (刘光世) commanded the Southern Song army while General Wan Yanchang (完颜昌) led the forces of the Jin. 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Until very recently, Chinese numismatists were aware that the coins of the Western Xia had inscriptions written in the native Tangut script (xi xia wen 西夏文) or one of the calligraphic styles of Chinese with the [...]</p> </div> <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments:0" /> <span class="bracket">{</span> <a class="num_comments_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2016/10/04/unique-western-xia-coin-written-in-seal-script-unearthed-in-ningxia/#commentform" rel="nofollow"><span class="num_comments">0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span> </div> <div id="post-8024" class="post_box grt" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <div class="headline_area"> <h2 class="headline" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2016/02/15/song-dynasty-biscuit-coins/" rel="bookmark">Song Dynasty Biscuit Coins</a></h2> <div class="byline small"> <span class="post_author_intro">by</span> <span class="post_author" itemprop="author">Gary Ashkenazy</span> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2016-02-15" /> <meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2016-10-03" /> <span class="post_date_intro">on</span> <span class="post_date" title="2016-02-15">February 15, 2016</span> </div> </div> <a class="thumb_link" href="https://primaltrek.com/blog/2016/02/15/song-dynasty-biscuit-coins/" title="read more"><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Song Dynasty Biscuit Coins thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" data-lazy-src="http://primaltrek.com/xianpingyuanbaobingqianobv1a.jpg" /><noscript><img class="thumb alignleft frame" src="http://primaltrek.com/xianpingyuanbaobingqianobv1a.jpg" alt="Song Dynasty Biscuit Coins thumbnail" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /></noscript></a> <div class="post_content post_excerpt" itemprop="description"> <p>During the reign (998-1022) of Emperor Zhenzong (真宗) of the Northern Song dynasty (北宋), a small quantity of cash coins were minted that had very broad rims and/or were very thick. 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