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<p>[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3031895, member: 76086"]Research is always ongoing with Chinese numismatics, but these are generally accepted as State of Chu during the Warring States Period. Hartill dates them to 400 - 220 BC but its entirely possible they were used as early as the 8th Century BC. These are without doubt currency, though many other early forms may be grave goods (bridges, bells, etc). Cowries were also used as currency and surviving literature records their use as early as the Shang Dynasty (1,766 - 1,154 BC). This of course pre-dates the use of western currency, but there has long been a disagreement on terminology (coin, money, currency, value, etc). It wasnt long after natural cowries were being used that bone, stone, clay and metal cowries were substituted. Again, they certainly pre-date western usage, but one has a hard time getting past the ethnocentrisms of most in the west.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3031895, member: 76086"]Research is always ongoing with Chinese numismatics, but these are generally accepted as State of Chu during the Warring States Period. Hartill dates them to 400 - 220 BC but its entirely possible they were used as early as the 8th Century BC. These are without doubt currency, though many other early forms may be grave goods (bridges, bells, etc). Cowries were also used as currency and surviving literature records their use as early as the Shang Dynasty (1,766 - 1,154 BC). This of course pre-dates the use of western currency, but there has long been a disagreement on terminology (coin, money, currency, value, etc). It wasnt long after natural cowries were being used that bone, stone, clay and metal cowries were substituted. Again, they certainly pre-date western usage, but one has a hard time getting past the ethnocentrisms of most in the west.[/QUOTE]
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