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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3658279, member: 51347&quot;]<b>United China</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/qindynastystandard221-207bc_opt-jpg.288086/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Qin Shi Huang</p><p>AE Cash ban liang (ca. BCE 221-206)</p><p>34 mm x 8.56 grams</p><p>(半两) Primitive Line script</p><p>First official round coin with square hole. First issued under Qin Shi Huang. First emperor of China.</p><p><br /></p><p>Qin Shi Huang unified China k=in 221 BCE and established the Qin Dynasty. (Hence the derivative of the name &quot;China&quot; used in the West, today as Zhongguo in Pudanghua - Chinese). He abolished all prior styles of money used in China Warring States, and made legal coinage to be a round coin with a square hole in the middle. It would weigh a half tael or ban liang (半两). They were cast through the end of the Qin Dynasty and into the Western Han Dynasty</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b><span style="color: #b30000">Next: More Ancient China</span></b></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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