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Auction: CSS112A - CHINESE BANKNOTES AND COINS
Lot: 150

China, Warring States Period, [Zhong Qian 80] bronze 'Wan Qian Yuan', 395-225 B.C., from the State of Wei, obverse inscribed 'Yuan' (name of a city in Wei), 40.8x1.6mm, weighs 8.7g, (Harthill 6.3). 'Wan Qian Yuan' were first circulated in the State of Wei, with the city Yuan among the first to mint them. Its design quickly propagated to most of the other states due to the ease of use relative to earlier forms of money in the period, with its shape an obvious progenitor to later currency which has a round shape but a square hole. Historically important.


China, Warring States Period, [Zhong Qian 80] bronze 'Wan Qian Yuan', 395-225 B.C., from the State of Wei, obverse inscribed 'Yuan' (name of a city in Wei), 40.8x1.6mm, weighs 8.7g, (Harthill 6.3). 'Wan Qian Yuan' were first circulated in the State of Wei, with the city Yuan among the first to mint them. Its design quickly propagated to most of the other states due to the ease of use relative to earlier forms of money in the period, with its shape an obvious progenitor to later currency which has a round shape but a square hole. Historically important.

Estimate
HK$3,500 to HK$5,000

Starting price
HK$3500