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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 6567452, member: 42773&quot;]For those of you unfamiliar with unfamiliar with Bamboo Tallies...</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The loss of governmental authority during the Qing dynasty caused a shortage of currency during the turbulent period of the Republic of China. Private parties began issuing “Bamboo Tallies” to offset the shortages. They were produced by banks, local business and trading firms, exchange offices, merchant guilds, and playhouses. In short, they were the Chinese equivalent of US Civil War Tokens, but unlike their American counterparts, the bamboo tokens remained in use from 1870 to about 1940. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>The only character I can make out on this example is wén (文), which was the precursor to the yuan, so perhaps this tally is denominated as a certain number of wén? Any help reading the rest of the token would be much appreciated!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1263583[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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