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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 6569502, member: 102103&quot;]Ok, here&#039;s my guesses:</p><p>伍 (wu3) -- <a href="http://blog.tutorming.com/mandarin-chinese-learning-tips/formal-chinese-written-numbers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blog.tutorming.com/mandarin-chinese-learning-tips/formal-chinese-written-numbers" rel="nofollow">financial version</a> of the numeral five</p><p>These are special versions of numerals which are harder to change to other characters.&nbsp; For example, 1 = 一 can have strokes added to change it to many </p><p>other characters, but the financial version (壹) is hard to modify.</p><p><br /></p><p>抬 (tai2) -- to lift/carry.&nbsp; Not sure if this has a special financial meaning</p><p><br /></p><p>文 (wen2) -- Chinese currency unit &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cash_(currency_unit)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cash_(currency_unit)" rel="nofollow">wen</a>&quot;.&nbsp; This would apply to copper coins even as late as the Qing Dynasty.&nbsp; Same character also used for Japanese &quot;mon&quot; and Korean &quot;mun&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>王文生 (Wang2 Wen2-Sheng1) --&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing this is the issuer&#039;s name.&nbsp; Wang is</p><p>an extremely common surname, and 文生 might be a man&#039;s name.</p><p><br /></p><p>So probably, &quot;Wang Wen-Sheng&#039;s marker for 5 copper cash&quot; or some such.&nbsp; Maybe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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