Does this Chinese character 錢 represent "cash," when collectors are talking about "Chinese cash coins"? Like "20 Cash"?
錢 - I copied and pasted the symbol into Google and Bing and get images of cash, money, coins and currency.. so I imagine yes.
錢 literally means money. It can be a noun but is also applied in a denominational sense. Traditionally, it refers to a base unit of currency and doesn't necessarily mean in a context of its underlying metal value.
Thanks. And welcome to CT! Yes, I get what "jeon" means in Sino-Korean terminology. I have been "translating" (if you can call it that!) the following pages from a Korean coin book for a friend. Korean numismatics terminology is intimately connected to Sino-Korean words (which can be represented by Chinese Characters, of course), so I had to dive into Chinese Character translation. If it was in Korean hangul alphabet, I could easily translate it. This took more time, and I was confused by this part of the catalog: https://www.flickr.com/photos/75872206@N06/20772081553/in/dateposted-public/ The rest is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/75872206@N06/21264842808/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/75872206@N06/21401547221/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/75872206@N06/21375496441/in/dateposted-public/
