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| Chou and Qin |
| Western Han - Eastern Han |
| Three Kingdoms - Disunion Period |
| Sui and Tang |
| Five Dynasties and Tartars |
| Northern Song |
| Southern Song |
| Yuan, Ming and Qing |



Five Dynasties Period (907 - 960 AD)

Later Liang Dynasty (907 - 923 AD)

Taizu (907 - 910 AD)

Modi (911 - 923 AD)


Later Tang Dynasty (923 - 935 AD)

Zhuangzong (923 - 926 AD)

Mingzong (926 - 934 AD)

Feidi (934 - 935 AD)


Later Jin Dynasty (936 - 947 AD)

Gaozu (936 - 944 AD)

Chudi (944 - 947 AD)


Later Han Dynasty (947 - 951 AD)

Gaozu (947 - 948 AD)

Yindi (948 - 951 AD)


Later Zhou Dynasty (951 - 960 AD)

Taizu (951 - 954 AD)

Shizong (954 - 960 AD)


Five Dynasty contemporaries (907 - 960 AD)

Liao Dynasty (907 - 1125 AD)

Former Shu (907 - 960/976 AD)

[Wang Yen]12k JPG
Emperor Wang Yen (918 - 924 AD)
AE Cash
Schjoth 433, FD 775v., MNIS 3416v.
reverse
23 mm.
3.18 gm.
Die position=n/a
Obverse: 'Ch'ien te yuan pao'
Reverse: Thumbnail mark at 3h (?)

Southern Han Dynasty (917 - circa 942 AD)

[Liu Yen]16k JPG
Emperor Liu Yen (917 - 942 AD)
Pb Cash
Schjoth 438v., FD 826
reverse
26 mm.
3.94 gm.
Obverse: 'Ch'ien heng chung pao'
Reverse:

[Liu Yen]16k JPG
Emperor Liu Yen (917 - 942 AD)
Pb Cash
Schjoth 438v., FD 826
reverse
26 mm.
3.51 gm.
Obverse: 'Ch'ien heng chung pao'
Reverse:

[Liu Yen]15k JPG
Emperor Liu Yen (917 - 942 AD)
Pb Cash
Schjoth 438v., FD 828v.
reverse
25 mm.
4.58 gm.
Die position=12h
Obverse: 'Ch'ien heng chung pao' [the Ch'ien character is reversed on this coin]
Reverse: 'Yong'


Northern Han Dynasty (950 - 976/997 AD)

Southern Tang Dynasty (907 - 978 AD)

[Yuan Tsung]14k JPG
Emperor Yuan Tsung (960 - 961 AD)
AE Cash
Schjoth 442
reverse
25 mm.
2.80 gm.
Obverse: 'T'ang kuo t'ung pao'
Reverse:


Ch'u Dynasty (930 - circa 970's AD)


Tartar Dynasties (907 - 1260 AD)

Liao Dynasty (907 - 1125 AD)
[Ch'i-tan Tartars]

T'ai Tsu (907 - 926 AD)

Hsing Tsung (1031 - 1054 AD)

Tao Tsung (1055 - 1100 AD)

T'ien Cha (1101 - 1125 AD)


The Pretender Liu Yu of Ch'i (died 1143 AD)

Tsao Wang (died 1143 AD)


Western Hsia Dynasty (982 - 1227 AD)

Jen Tsung (1140 - 1193 AD)

[Jen Tsung]12k JPG
Emperor Jen Tsung (1140 - 1193 AD)
AE Cash (1149 - 1168 AD)
Schjoth 1078, FD 1683
24 mm.
3.44 gm.
reverse
Reign title: T'ien sheng
Obverse: 'T'ien sheng yuan pao'
Reverse:

[Jen Tsung]14k JPG
Emperor Jen Tsung (1140 - 1193 AD)
FE Cash (1169 - 1193 AD)
Schjoth 1080
24 mm.
3.88 gm.
Magnetic.
reverse
Reign title: Ch'ien yu
Obverse: 'Ch'ien yu yuan pao'
Reverse:

Hsiang Tsung (1206 - 1212 AD)

Shen Tsung (1212 - 1222 AD)


Chin Dynasty (1115 - 1260 AD)
[Nu-chen Tartars]

Wan-yen Liang (1149 - 1161 AD)

[Wan-yen Liang]11k JPG
Emperor Wan-yen Liang (1149 - 1161 AD)
AE Cash (1156 - 1161 AD)
Schjoth 1083
25 mm.
3.47 gm.
reverse
Reign title: Cheng lung
Obverse: 'Cheng Lung Yuan Pao'
Reverse:

[Wan-yen Liang]15k JPG
Emperor Wan-yen Liang (1149 - 1161 AD)
AE Cash (1156 - 1161 AD)
Schjoth 1083
25 mm.
3.97 gm.
reverse
Reign title: Cheng lung
Obverse: ''Cheng Lung Yuan Pao'
Reverse:

Shih Tsung (1161 - 1189 AD)

Chang Tsung (1190 - 1208 AD) 



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