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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2238245, member: 75799&quot;]The earliest silver currencies of China were actually ingots that were carefully weighted. They were not exactly coins but we&#039;re actual commodities of value and used for large amount transactions or as collateral for backing the copper cash currencies in circulation. The Chinese had a silver standard for centuries since the Tang around 600 AD. If you refer to an actual coin per Se, the earliest based on my knowledge were the silver Da Chao Tong Bao 大朝通寶 seemingly attributed to Genghis Khan but most likely Kublai during the Yuan Dynasty circa 1270 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the Japanese, the earliest silver coins minted were the casted silver wado kaichin. These were the interim currencies between the Ko and Shin wado.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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