The Ban Liang (Traditional Chinese: 半兩 ; Pinyin: bàn liǎng) was the first unified currency of the Chinese empire, first minted as early as 378 BCE and...

production of Ban Liang cash coins. These small privately cast cash coins are popularly known as "elm seed Ban Liang coins" (榆莢半兩錢, Yú jiá bàn liǎng qián). While...

in June 2023 that it had permanently banned Liang and compatriot Li Hang from the sport, the only two lifetime bans ever handed down in professional snooker...

such as spade money, knife money, ring-shaped coins, ant-nose coins, and Ban Liang cash coins. But as the presence of real money and other objects of value...

captains. Platoons were the smallest units. The Han dynasty inherited the ban liang coin type from the Qin. In the beginning of the Han, Emperor Gaozu closed...

square or circular hole in the center, the prototypical cash. The early Ban Liang cash coins were said to have been made in the shape of wheels, similar...

and has the Mandarin pronunciation liǎng. The phrase "half a catty, eight taels" (Chinese: 半斤八兩, bàn jīn, bā liǎng) is still used to mean two options...

until they were abolished by the Qin dynasty in 221 BC in favour of the Ban Liang cash coins. Under the Xin dynasty created by Wang Mang spade money was...

Feng Le coins and at Zhangpu in Shaanxi, a sealed jar containing 1,000 Ban Liang coins of various weights and sizes, was discovered. The earliest coinage...

currencies of the different states were standardized to the Ban liang coin (半兩, Bàn Liǎng). Perhaps most importantly, the Chinese script was unified....

Liang Qichao (Chinese: 梁啓超 ; Wade-Giles: Liang2 Chʻi3-chʻao1; Yale: Lèuhng Kái-chīu) (February 23, 1873 – January 19, 1929) was a Chinese politician,...

purchased with 3 Ban Liang cash coins. According to Professor Song Jie, a Qi knife would have been the equivalent of 7 or 8 Ban Liang cash coins. Therefore...

century BCE, a new type of coins, the "ban liang" type, was introduced in the Western state of Qin. The ban liang coins were round, cast bronze coins with...

Ant nose coin – Chu (state) Ying Yuan – Chu (state) Sycee – Qin dynasty Ban Liang – Qin dynasty Spade money – Zhou dynasty, Xin dynasty Jiaozi (currency)...

Chinese history were Wu Zhu's (五銖, 118 BC–618 AD), the unearthing or iron Ban Liang (半兩) cash coins produced during the Western Han dynasty during the 1950s...

earlier San Zhu (三銖; "Three Zhu") cash coins, which had replaced the Ban Liang (半兩) cash coins a year prior, until they themselves were replaced by the...

during the Warring States period, and they became standardised as the Ban Liang (半兩) coinage during the Qin dynasty which followed. Over the years, cash...

cash coin became the main standard currency of China in 221 BC with the Ban Liang (半兩) and would be produced until 1912 AD there with the Minguo Tongbao...

221 BC • Death of Qin Shi Huang 210 BC • Surrender to Liu Bang 206 BC Area 220 BC 2,300,000 km2 (890,000 sq mi) Currency Ban Liang Today part of China...

Ant-nose coin Knife money Ying Yuan Spade money Imperial Cash coins Strings Ban Liang Wu Zhu Kaiyuan Tongbao Sycee Flying cash Jiaozi Guanzi Huizi Jiaochao...

coins from the State of Yan, ant-nose money from the State of Chu, and Ban Liang (半兩) cash coins dating from the Qin to the Western Han dynasties are in...

Ant-nose coin Knife money Ying Yuan Spade money Imperial Cash coins Strings Ban Liang Wu Zhu Kaiyuan Tongbao Sycee Flying cash Jiaozi Guanzi Huizi Jiaochao...

one, they have a very long history possibly dating back to the first Ban Liang (半兩) cash coins cast under the State of Qin or the Han dynasty. Cash coins...

Ant-nose coin Knife money Ying Yuan Spade money Imperial Cash coins Strings Ban Liang Wu Zhu Kaiyuan Tongbao Sycee Flying cash Jiaozi Guanzi Huizi Jiaochao...

have an inscription based on the weight of the coin as was the case with Ban Liang, Wu Zhu and many other earlier types of Chinese cash coins. The Kaiyuan...

of silver yuan coins was prohibited and private ownership of silver was banned. The banknotes issued in its place were known as fabi (Chinese: 法幣; pinyin:...

Ant-nose coin Knife money Ying Yuan Spade money Imperial Cash coins Strings Ban Liang Wu Zhu Kaiyuan Tongbao Sycee Flying cash Jiaozi Guanzi Huizi Jiaochao...

Zhuge Liang (pronunciation) (181 – September or October 234), also commonly known by his courtesy name Kongming, was a Chinese statesman, strategist,...

260 BC – 210 BC) introduced a uniform copper coin with the inscription "Ban Liang" based on the coins previously used by Qin. All other forms of local currency...

weights and measures, writing styles (seal script) and metal currency (Ban Liang), all of which were standardized. Traditionally, Qin Shi Huang is regarded...