Chapter Ⅰ A Survey to Chinese Historical Currency 1
Section Ⅰ A Cultural Source of the Word “Currency” 2
Section Ⅱ The Origin of Currency and Primitive Money 3
Section Ⅲ Pre-Qin: From Weighing Money to Casting Currency 5
Section Ⅳ Han and Tang Dynasties: From Liangzhu Currency to Baowen Currency 6
Section Ⅴ The Song Dynasty: The Prevalence of Reign-title Coins and the Prosperity of Ancient Chinese Coins 7
Section Ⅵ Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties: The Decline of Ancient Chinese Coins 8
Section Ⅶ Reasons for the Decline of Ancient Chinese Coins:Five Challenges 8
Section Ⅷ The Birth and Spread of Paper Currency 9
Chapter Ⅱ A Brief History of Ancient Chinese Gold Money 11
Section Ⅰ The Origin of Gold Money 12
Section Ⅱ Gold Money in the Warring States Period 15
Section Ⅲ Gold Money in the Qin Dynasty 19
Section Ⅳ Gold Money in the Western Han Dynasty 21
Section Ⅴ Gold Money in the Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties 30
Section Ⅵ Gold Money in the Tang Dynasty 32
Section Ⅶ Gold Money in the Song and Jin Dynasties 34
Section Ⅷ Gold Money in the Ming and Qing Dynasties 36
Section Ⅸ Custom Money 40
Chapter Ⅲ A Brief History of Ancient Chinese Silver Money 43
Section Ⅰ Chinese Silver Money in the Origin Period 44
Section Ⅱ Silver Money in the Tang Dynasty 47
Section Ⅲ Silver Money in the Northern Song Dynasty 51
Section Ⅳ Silver Money in the Jin Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasties 53
Section Ⅴ Silver Money in the Yuan Dynasty 56
Section Ⅵ Silver Money in the Ming Dynasty 58
Section Ⅶ Silver Money in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China 60
Chapter Ⅳ A Brief History of Ancient Chinese Paper Currency 65
Section Ⅰ The Origin of Paper Currency 66
Section Ⅱ Paper Currency in the Song Dynasty 69
Section Ⅲ Paper Currency in the Jin Dynasty 74
Section Ⅳ Paper Currency in the Mongolian Khanate and Yuan Dynasty .77
Section Ⅴ Paper Currency in the Ming Dynasty 79
Section Ⅵ Paper Currency in the Qing Dynasty 80
Chapter Ⅴ A Brief Discussion on Traditional Identification of Ancient Chinese Coins 85
Section Ⅰ Recognize the Importance of Money Identification 86
Section Ⅱ Emphasizes Starting from Ordinary Coin and Mastering the Characteristics of Coins of Each Dynasty 88
Section Ⅲ Propose the Concept of Multi-faceted and Multi-angle Identification 89
Section Ⅳ Identifying Coins from the Perspective of Copper Coin Material 91
Section Ⅴ Identifying Coins from Casting Technology 94
Section Ⅵ Identifying Coins from the Shape and Characters of Coins 97
Section Ⅶ Identifying Coins from the Corrosion and Coating of Coins 102
Chapter Ⅵ Featured Photo Collections of Historical Chinese Currency 107
Section Ⅰ Primary Money 108
Section Ⅱ Ancient Coins 109
Section Ⅲ Ancient Gold Money 168
Section Ⅳ Ancient Silver Bullion Money 177
Section Ⅴ Machine-made Currency 188
Section Ⅵ Paper Currency 214
Section Ⅶ Custom Money 239
Section Ⅷ Model or Mold for Coin Casting 247
Chapter Ⅶ Illustrations of Chinese Historical Currency 263
Section Ⅰ Illustrations of Spade Coins 264
Section Ⅱ Illustrations of Knife Coins 265
Section Ⅲ Illustrations of Square Hole Round Coins 266
Section Ⅳ Illustrations of Sycee 267
Brief Introduction to “Chinese Historical Currency” 268
Postscript 269