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Needle-tip knife Chengde
| Uitgever | State of Yan |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 601 BC - 400 BC |
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| Valuta | Knife money (601-400 BC) |
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| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
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| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Elongated cast bronze knife-money with a slender, tapering blade culminating in a fine needle-like point at the tip. The blade surface bears a single Chinese character inscription in the field. The back of the blade curves gently, and the handle terminates in a distinctive circular ring. The overall form is characteristic of the needle-tip knife coins produced in the State of Yan during the Eastern Zhou period. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift voorzijde | 十 (Translation: Shi Ten) |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Schrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Yan was one of the northernmost states during the Eastern Zhou period, bordering non-Chinese peoples whose own knife-money traditions almost certainly influenced this form. The needle-tip variety is distinguished from the明 knife types by its sharper, more tapered point — a regional characteristic that helps localize production to the Chengde area, well north of the Yan core around modern Beijing.
Bronze knife money circulated alongside cloth and shell currency in a mixed commodity system; these were not struck but cast in clay or stone molds, often in gangs, which accounts for the die-to-die weight variation common across the type.