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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 4677793, member: 81887&quot;]Yes, that&#039;s my impression too.&nbsp; A quick glance at Hartill (which I will plug every time I have reason to discuss Chinese coinage) shows various examples from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907-960 AD), at least one of which, Qian Heng zhong bao from the Southern Han Kingdom (H. 15.108-9) is fairly common.&nbsp; The only earlier examples I spotted in a quick flip-through were a rare lead coin from the State of Yan (300-220 BC) (H. 6.20) and the &quot;White Coin&quot; variety of Wu Zhu (H. 10.26a) of which Hartill notes, &quot;The whitish colour of this coin is due to the addition of lead and tin to the alloy, which was done officially from 585.&quot;&nbsp; If anyone wants to write a proper monograph on lead coinage, I&#039;ll pre-order a copy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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