* ** An important in-depth survey the modern insights into China's coinage from the knife and spade coinage of the Zhou Dynasty to the cash of the Qing Dynasty. Also covers shell money, sycee, moulds, amulets, burial coins, and to a limited extent struck coins and early paper money. The real value is a wealth of information on archaeological finds. In the back there is a detailed glossary of terms; a survey of early numismatic works; a numismatic chronology; and an index ISBN 9787805462547