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English: This specific type of Spade Money is known as a “three hole spade” (san kong bu 三孔布). Spade Money is a Zhou Dynasty period type of money that evolved from an ancient farming implement similar to a shovel.
The inscription on the reverse side of this Three (3) Hole Spade coin is believed to be pronounced in modern Mandarin Chinese as "shi qi liang" (十七两). The shi qi, written on the handle, translates into the English language as “17” (seventeen) and the denomination of the coin is one liang or “tael” in English. This particular spade has a length of 7.35 cm, a width of 3.7 cm and a weight of 13.4 grams. While similar forms of Zhou Dynasty period spade money are known to exist. These are known to have a round “handle”, round “shoulders” and “round” feet were produced by several of the Warring States, this particular "San Kong" Spade type of spade money is quite distinctive because it has “three (3) holes” with one each in the “head” and the two (2) “feet”. Three (3) hole spade money coins are so rare that it is unlikely that they are basically never seen as an authentic piece anywhere, outside of perhaps a museum. Many three (3) hole spades are one-of-a-kind with some varieties being only fragments. |
| Date | 475-221 BC |
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| Author | The municipal government of Xia Qu Yang (下邲阳). Xia qu yang is believed to have been a city located in what is now Ningjin Prefecture (宁晋县) in Hebei Province (河北省). |
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| current | 16:02, 27 July 2023 | | 201 × 384 (19 KB) | Donald Trung (talk | contribs) | Uploaded a work by The municipal government of Xia Qu Yang (下邲阳). Xia qu yang is believed to have been a city located in what is now Ningjin Prefecture (宁晋县) in Hebei Province (河北省). from * [http://www.ichengxuan.com/antiques/55854/ On November 25, 2012, a very rare coin from the Warring States period (475-221 BC) was sold at auction by the Beijing ChengXuan Auctions Co., Ltd (北京诚轩拍卖有限公司).] The coin sold for US$591,000 (RMB 3,680,000) which set a new world record for an ancient Chinese coi... |
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