Friday, January 28, 2011

money money money!

There were two types of the original money, a half tael and whu zhu. They were both bronze and round, with a square hole in the centre. They money started to originate in 221BC, by the Emporer Qin Shi Huang. This money was called currency.

the above is a picture of the Whu Zhu

The above is a picture of the half tael

2 comments:

  1. I love how their currency looks :3 it's so different from ours... much cooler ;)

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  2. I know eh? i thought it was really cool, ours is so plain and simple!

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