Notes on 11th-13th century Chinese Cash coins Looking for types listed in Codrington as found in Lanka. The currency of the Farther East from the earliest times to 1895. A description of the Glover collection of Chinese, Annamese, Japanese, Corean coins, of coins used as amulets, and Chinese government and private notes. CFE Uses same numbering as 1895 edition available at Peabody, Baltimore, Plates vol-2 obtained via InterLibrary loan from Univ.
Seal script is the third style.
A quick examination of the coins shows his statement of only three styles of calligraphy are correct. Rounded characters with a fixed form and all details of each character included. The differences between coins are minor. There is no real Western equivalent, but type set block capital letters come closest. Angular characters with a generally square or rectangular appearance in which most details are made up of distinct either straight or slightly curved stokes.