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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Black Friar, post: 8408840, member: 76221&quot;]Welcome to China numismatics. I have always been facinated by Chinese Coinage which until recently, was very little information. One book was a must to have when I got a bit interested in Chinese Imperial coinage, however it was almost unobtainable at the time I started. I lucked out.</p><p><br /></p><p>That book is: <i>Chinese Currency </i>by Frederik Schjoth former commissioner of Chinese Maritime Customes, Ning-po. The first edition was published in 1929 with line drawings of the coins which are very accurate. The coins were from his own personal collection. Mr. Schjoth was the former Commissioner of Customs in China for thirty five years and a citizen of Norway. Quite a position for a foreigner to hold. He was a long time &quot;China Hand.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The second edition whick I have, was revised and edited of which I have a copy was published in 1965 and edited by Virgin Hancock. Fortunately, there are several new publications.The most recent I purchased was <i>Cast Chinese Coins</i> by David Hartill in 2005. It is a beautiful and very well arrainged book with excellently printed examples of the coins. The book is quite complete, a very good book to have in your library. Of course, there is a lot of info out there in the ether.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another book I obtained recently is all in Chinese script and covers coins of the Republic.they are well photographed in color with a price guide in Western numbers which also stands in and helps for grading. It works well even though it requires a lot of page turning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today we have so much info at our fingertips due to our technology. It is a fun subject with a lot of Chinese Imperial and Republic material out there. It&#039;s like eating popcorn, you can always make some more and is inexpensive compared to other areas of numismatics. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, I don&#039;t have any pics, I&#039;m way too busy with the Byzantine world, but sometime we need a diversion. Chinese cash coins are mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers to all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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