Ch'i Knife, China, 7 - 22
date: label: date made
content: 7 - 22
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Ch'i knife, Wang Mang
label: Description (Brief)
content: China, 7-22
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: A knife shaped coin with a handle formed like a cash coin; on the coin handle are two Seal characters, a crescent, and dot all inlaid with gold; Seal characters also go down the knife "blade."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: Romanization: YIH / TAO / P'ING / WU / CHIEN (Translation: One knife: value five thousand.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: A knife shaped coin with a handle formed like a cash coin; on the coin handle are two Seal characters inlaid with gold; Seal characters also go down the knife "blade."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: Text: YIH / TAO / P'ING / WU / CHIEN (Translation: One knife: value five thousand.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: Value 5000 cash; Metal: ae; Date: 7 - 12 AD; Origin: 7 - 12 AD; Ruler: Wang Mang
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: East Asian Coins
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Pelham, Herbert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0613.0001
label: accession number
content: 1988.0613
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0613.0001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife money
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 mm x 67.7 mm; 1/32 in x 2 21/32 in