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Cowrie Bone imitation
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| Year | 1046 BC - 221 BC |
| Type | Proto coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1046 BC - 221 BC) - No holes ND (1046 BC - 221 BC) - One hole ND (1046 BC - 221 BC) - Two holes |
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Bone cowrie imitations occupy an awkward transitional position in Chinese monetary history — produced when actual shell cowries were becoming scarce enough to require substitutes, but before bronze casting had fully displaced organic materials. The Zhou dynasty saw bone, stone, and bronze versions all circulating simultaneously, with no fixed exchange relationship between them.
Hartill 1.2 is among the earliest catalogued monetary objects in the Chinese numismatic sequence.