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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 3230412, member: 75799&quot;]China has adopted the silver standard for centuries way back to ancient times at least to the Tang and Song Dynasty.. However, silver was not a wide circulating currency unlike the West as bronze or other allowed cast coins were used backed by Imperial legal tender. Silver was used only for large valued transactions in the form of ingots or sycees which can be traced back to at least the SONG Dynasty and worth it&#039;s weight. Whilst China was aware of Rome (called Great Qin) since the Han Dynasty, the furthest recorded trade or diplomatic connection through the silk road was probably the Indo-Greek and Persian Empires.. Therefore whilst some Roman silver is not unusual to reach China, at best it is probably through trade and in smaller amounts. China was more inclined on barter trade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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