Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week/Chinese currency

Chinese currency

 * Nominated on 21:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC); needs 9 votes by 14 February.

This page is currently a redirect, I propose that we have an article on the History of Chinese currency here. Our coverage of currency, coins and numismatics is unbelievably poor. I decided to nominate this, as I tried to find out some history on cash coin, an old circular chinese coin with a square hole stamped in, one of the oldest continually used coins and most abundant. The history of chinese money stretches back so so far, with things like cowrie shells being used etc, but there is next to nothing on it. I'm really surprised at the lack of information I found on wikipedia.

Support:
 * 1) Hahnchen 21:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2)  Joe I  21:38, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Enlil Ninlil 19:13 25 January 2006 (AEST)
 * 4) King of Hearts | (talk) 03:06, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Heesung 15:02, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 6)  S iva1979 Talk to me  14:50, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Neutralitytalk 07:02, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) Jiang 03:48, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Comments:
 * 1) Chinese currency should not simply redirect to Renminbi.  It should be like British coinage.   Joe I  21:38, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I did find these:Coinage of Asia
 * http://www.lotn.org/~calkinsc/coins/doc/chinesecash.html
 * http://www.charm.ru/
 * Coins and history of asia
 * Haven't looked at the links, so...good luck :)  Joe I  04:05, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well I am doing the Coinage of Asia part, but unlike Roman currency it is way too big and must be broken up. With links from this page first. User:Enlil Ninlil 3:12 25 Jabuary 2006


 * 1) some info at Chinese yuan belongs in this article. --Jiang 03:48, 26 February 2006 (UTC)