Chinese Coins James Mooney MN 2012.pdf - Minerals North
Chinese Coins James Mooney MN 2012.pdf - Minerals North
Chinese Coins James Mooney MN 2012.pdf - Minerals North
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<strong>Chinese</strong> Cast CoinManufacturing and Dating• <strong>Coins</strong> manufactured during Ming and ChingDynasties used “mother” coins made of tin and softmetals as original positives.• Mother coins were set in series of hard packed, finegrained sand, sprinkled with fine coal or charcoal dustas flux.• Made a “tree” of 50 to 100 coins per cast level in tightlywrapped wood frames of multiple levels.• Mass production – approximately 2 billion coins madejust in 1600s.
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