After Wang Mang usurped the throne he instituted various monetary reforms, in AD 9 he retained the Wu Zhu cash coins but introduced two new … See more

The cash coins of the Song dynasty are notable in the aspect that many cash coins of the same era that use the same inscription and have the same nominal value come in … See more

Under the Southern Song dynasty it became customary to add the date of issue on the reverse of the coin and as copper shortages … See more

During the Yuan dynasty, paper money such as the Jiaochao completely replaced copper coinage, during times of inflation Temple coins issued … See more

In the year 993 a group of tea farmers and landless tenant farmers under the leadership if Wang Xiaobo rebelled against the Northern Song … See more

Kangguo Tongbao (康國通寳) on display at the National Museum of History in Taiwan.
In November 2008, October 2010, and February 2011 three … See more

Under the Ming dynasty the policy of predominantly using paper money (such as the Da Ming Baochao banknotes) which was started under the See more