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
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: Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.79.112.OC26C
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: OC 26C
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife money
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 70.5 mm x 11.5 mm x 2 mm x 20.5 mm; 2 25/32 in x 7/16 in x 3/32 in x 13/16 in