½ Liang Type 4; with dot and crescent
Features
| Issuer |
China (ancient)
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Western Han Dynasty (202 BC - 8 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 175 BC - 118 BC |
| Value | ½ Liang |
| Currency | Liang (300-118 BC) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 2.56 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 210392 |
| References | Hartill# 7.21 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States. |
Obverse
Two Chinese ideograms read right to left, all with one dot above and one crescent below.
Script: Chinese
Lettering: 兩半
Translation:
Ban Liang
Half ounce
Reverse
Blank (uniface).
Edge
Plain
Comments
Five main types exist:
- Type 1: Weight around 8 grams.
- Type 2: Weight around 5 grams.
- Type 3: Weight less than 2 grams.
- Type 4: Weight less than (or around) 3 grams; without rims.
- Type 5: Weight less than (or around) 3 grams; with rims.
- Type 1: Weight around 8 grams.
- Type 2: Weight around 5 grams.
- Type 3: Weight less than 2 grams.
- Type 4: Weight less than (or around) 3 grams; without rims.
- Type 5: Weight less than (or around) 3 grams; with rims.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (175 BC - 118 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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