Tong Bei

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Tong Bei (simplified Chinese : 铜贝 ; traditional Chinese :銅貝; pinyin :tóng bèi) literally translated as "bronze cowry" or "bronze shell", is an ancient coin found in China.

This coin itself is a replica of more ancient cowry money, made for the purpose of replacing it.^[1]^[2]^[3]

A cowry shell or bronze cowry was denominated in bèi (貝) and string of cowry shells was called a péng (朋) however it is not known how many bèi were in a péng.^[4]

References

↑ Giedroyc, R. (2006). The Everything Coin Collecting Book: All You Need to Start Your Collection And Trade for Profit. Adams Media. ISBN 9781593375683 . Retrieved 2014-11-16.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
↑ "History of China". Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2012-05-21. A snap shot view of The History of China by YK Kwan
↑ "Shang Dynasty - MSN Encarta". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2009-10-31. Shang Dynasty Economy Encarta
↑ Chinesecoins.lyq.dk (ancient Chinese coinage) - weights and units in Chinese coinage by Lars Bo Christensen. Retrieved: 13 August 2018.

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