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<p>[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 3145984, member: 4373"]You know, you gotta realize that China's numismatic changed quite greatly in the last century. Up to 1860, cast cash coins have been in circulation for literally two millennium. Soon foreign silver flowed in foreigners could buy Chinese luxury such as silk, porcelain, tea etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>With foreign invasion and parts of China was carved up, foreign technology did come in. Starting from Hong Kong, machine struck coins started to appear in 1866. While it was unpopular and the mint was shut and closed just two years later, it's impact was made. Years later, the British mint was contracted to make some trial samples. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the German colony Qingdao, nickel coins started to appear in circulation from 1909. The public initially did not take these coins kindly as it was an unknown metal. Silver and copper have always been the preferred metal. </p><p><br /></p><p>Kwangtung province at the eastern end of China often had more influence from western technology already started to have machine struck coins by 1890s. This slowly spread inland and struck nickel coins in 1919.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now this is what I find it fascinating. The old cast coins were supposedly similar in size and shape (weight, metal varied) as they has to take order from the board of revenue Peking. But because China was literally torn apart from foreign powers, each province started to strike coins to how they feel like. Mind you, even with cash coins, some mints were naughty as they tried to substitute copper with other cheaper metals. </p><p><br /></p><p>Soon you have mints trying to take advantage of this situation. Some mints actually could not afford to strike copper and silver coins as they were resource poor. From 1880s to 1949, you see a huge explosion of various kind of coins from different provinces, only to see them disappear after China unified under a communist party. Coins were struck in cheap aluminium from 1955.</p><p><br /></p><p>So in less than 100 years, China's coins switched over from cast coins to copper, silver and other exotic metals to cheap aluminium coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I find it challenging and interesting to understand its numismatic history[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 3145984, member: 4373"]You know, you gotta realize that China's numismatic changed quite greatly in the last century. Up to 1860, cast cash coins have been in circulation for literally two millennium. Soon foreign silver flowed in foreigners could buy Chinese luxury such as silk, porcelain, tea etc. With foreign invasion and parts of China was carved up, foreign technology did come in. Starting from Hong Kong, machine struck coins started to appear in 1866. While it was unpopular and the mint was shut and closed just two years later, it's impact was made. Years later, the British mint was contracted to make some trial samples. In the German colony Qingdao, nickel coins started to appear in circulation from 1909. The public initially did not take these coins kindly as it was an unknown metal. Silver and copper have always been the preferred metal. Kwangtung province at the eastern end of China often had more influence from western technology already started to have machine struck coins by 1890s. This slowly spread inland and struck nickel coins in 1919. Now this is what I find it fascinating. The old cast coins were supposedly similar in size and shape (weight, metal varied) as they has to take order from the board of revenue Peking. But because China was literally torn apart from foreign powers, each province started to strike coins to how they feel like. Mind you, even with cash coins, some mints were naughty as they tried to substitute copper with other cheaper metals. Soon you have mints trying to take advantage of this situation. Some mints actually could not afford to strike copper and silver coins as they were resource poor. From 1880s to 1949, you see a huge explosion of various kind of coins from different provinces, only to see them disappear after China unified under a communist party. Coins were struck in cheap aluminium from 1955. So in less than 100 years, China's coins switched over from cast coins to copper, silver and other exotic metals to cheap aluminium coins. I find it challenging and interesting to understand its numismatic history[/QUOTE]
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