Period:Xin dynasty Production date:7
Materials:bronze, gold,
Technique:
Dimensions:Length: 71 millimetres Weight: 22.99 grammes Width: 27 millimetres
Description:
Bronze knife money inlaid with gold.
IMG
![图片[1]-coin; knife-money BM-1996-0217.239-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Xin dynasty/Miscellaneous objects/mid_00101690_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-coin; knife-money BM-1996-0217.239-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Xin dynasty/Miscellaneous objects/mid_00811240_001.jpg)
Comments:Wang 1997b, p. 15, fig. 4:”Knife money issued by Wang Mang, AD 7. Wang Mang introduced four coinage reforms within fourteen yearss. Some of his new coins aimed to imitate the spade money issued by the Zhou kings during the fifth century BC. The inscription here, with the top two characters inlaid with gold, translates ‘one-knife-value-5000’: a token coin for 5000 copper cash.”
Materials:bronze, gold,
Technique:
Dimensions:Length: 71 millimetres Weight: 22.99 grammes Width: 27 millimetres
Description:
Bronze knife money inlaid with gold.
IMG
Comments:Wang 1997b, p. 15, fig. 4:”Knife money issued by Wang Mang, AD 7. Wang Mang introduced four coinage reforms within fourteen yearss. Some of his new coins aimed to imitate the spade money issued by the Zhou kings during the fifth century BC. The inscription here, with the top two characters inlaid with gold, translates ‘one-knife-value-5000’: a token coin for 5000 copper cash.”
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