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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3008787, member: 93416&quot;]There is a useful overview of Chinese use of precious metals (as coin and bullion) on line here by Cribb</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/33778498/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/33778498/" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/33778498/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course - there is much more in books, like Peng, or indeed Cribb&#039;s own Scycee catalogue</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the Catty - as I recall in Zhou and Han times gold was chopped out of flat ingots that were pre-marked in squares, a bit like modern Chocolate bars (in the UK anyhow).</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some pictures of such fragments them at the back of the Cribb thing above</p><p><br /></p><p>The Catty is till in use - and these days weighs about 600g - see wiki.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that is based upon 16 x the Tael (Chinese ounce) that came in with the Tang period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before that the Tael (or Liang) was about 15.6 g - giving a Catty of very close to 250g</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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