Chu Jin cloth coin : Pei qian dang jin.
Warring states period (475-221.BC).
Casting era : The late years of this period.
Chu kingdom.
Casting place : The northern part of Chu kingdom.
O : Chinese character inscription : Pei qian dang Jin.
From observer's point of view, up right : Pei (= a flag with a swallow-tail),
down right : qian (=coin), up left : dang (=deserve), down left : jin (=
an ancient Chinese unit of weight. Originally this word meant an axe.).
Therefore this inscription means that this coin like a flag with a swallow-tail
deserves one jin. A center line.
R : Chinese character inscription : Shi hou.
From observer's point of view, right : Shi (=ten), left : hou (= coin).
This inscription means that this cloth coin deserves ten pieces of bronze
shell coin of Chu kingdom. A center line.
35.6g.
108mm x 37mm.
Comes with plastic case.
There are several theories about inscription of this coin.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
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