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Actions	Chinese cash coins Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberB588 TitleChinese cash coins Description8 Chinese cash coins, tied to metal bar. This type of coin, cast in brass with a square hole at the centre, was the standard type coin of China for thousands of years. They were copied in Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Chinese merchants took them throughout Asia and to Australia during the gold rush era. Production placeChina Production period19th century Object namecoin, cash, Chinese

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Chinese cash coins

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Object numberB588

TitleChinese cash coins

Description8 Chinese cash coins, tied to metal bar. This type of coin, cast in brass with a square hole at the centre, was the standard type coin of China for thousands of years. They were copied in Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Chinese merchants took them throughout Asia and to Australia during the gold rush era.

Production placeChina

Production period19th century

Object namecoin, cash, Chinese

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