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Auction: CSS86B - The Prestigious Academic Reference Collection Of The Late Dr Werner Burger - Part 2
Lot: 1068

China: Tang Dynasty, Kai Yuan Tong Bao of the Dan Province Mint (in modern day Shaanxi), (618-907), Chinese character 'Dan' on top of reverse variety, measuring 25.5x1.2mm, weighing 3.5g and also Kai Yuan Tong Bao, 'star and moon' on upper quadrant, and 5 pieces in ?cupro-nickel,

During that time, 1 tael was made up of 24 zhu, so Tang Dynasty's 10 cash being equivalent to 1 tael is far more convenient when it comes to conversion compared to the Wuzhu (5 zhu) coin system used since the Han Dynasty, thus paving the way of the Chinese metric system to the modern decimal system. Moreover, Kai Yuan Tong Bao is the first Ancient Chinese coin to be named 'Bao', meaning 'treasure' and this was a relfection of how society valued the power of money, making Kai Yuan Tong Bao one of the most significant cash coin in Chinese history. the first coin Zhong Qian 78, the rest very fine to extremely fine. Dr. Werner Burger Collection. (7) [42, 44 and 46]


唐朝開元通寶一組7枚，一枚背丹，一枚背星月，其餘光背，當時一兩等如二十四銖, 首枚中乾評78，其餘VF至EF. 故唐代以十文兌一兩的算法比漢代五銖錢更為直接方便，另外，開元通寶是中國史上第一枚「寶」為名之古錢，寓意「寶藏」，充分反映社會對金錢之重視，開元通寶亦是中國史上最重要錢幣之一，

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