Knife money

Knife money

Knife money is the name of large, cast, bronze, knife-shaped coins produced by various governments and kingdoms in what is now known as China, approximately 2500 years ago.

External links

* [http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ2265 "Fragments of a stone mould and bronze knife money"] (description and picture from the British Museum)
* [http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1935C547.602 "Chinese Knife Money of the State of Ming"] (description and pictures from Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery)
* [http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/chinaid.htm#knives Different types of knife money with brief explanations]


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