Ant-nose Money "Ghost face" type; line below
Features
| Issuer |
State of Chu
(Warring States)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 400 BC - 220 BC |
| Currency | Ant-nose money (401-220 BC) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 2.6 g |
| Size | 17 × 11 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Oval (With a hole) |
| Technique | Cast |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 550445 |
| References | Hartill# 1.4 var 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
One uncertain primitive Chinese ideogram. Line below triangles.
Script: Chinese
Reverse
Blank (uniface).
Edge
Plain
Comments
The depicted ideogram still remains debated. Bei (貝; for shell) is commonly accepted, although Jin (晋) is another theory.
There is a lot of variation is size and weight.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (400 BC - 220 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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