Token - ½ Liang
Features
| Location |
China (ancient)
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Spiritual tokens |
| Years | 378 BC - 201 BC |
| Value | ½ Liang |
| Currency | Liang (300-118 BC) |
| Composition | Clay composite |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 545465 |
| References | Gratzer 3# 13.15 Heinz Gratzer, Alexander M. Fishman; 2017. The First Round Coins of China: 400-118 BC. Self-published. |
Obverse
Two Chinese ideograms read right to left.
Script: Chinese
Lettering: 半两
Translation:
Ban Liang
(Half ounce)
Reverse
Blank (uniface).
Edge
Plain
Comments
Used as funerary money, created using existing ban-liangs. Previously, genuine coins were used in burials so that the dead could bribe Yama in the afterlife; however, to deter grave robbers, clay coins were used instead. Example Z-372596 on zeno.ru.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (378 BC - 201 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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