Knife money

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Knife money is the name of large, cast, bronze, knife-shaped coins produced by various governments in China approximately 2500 years ago.

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• "Fragments of a stone mould and bronze knife money" (description and picture from the British Museum)
• "Chinese Knife Money of the State of Ming" (description and pictures from Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery)
• Different types of knife money with brief explanations

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