The currencies in circulation during the Seven Heroes period of the Warring States Period include knife coins, cloth coins, round coins, and ant nose coins

Knife coins are one of the bronze coins of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Its shape evolved from farm tools, hand tools and daily utensils - knives in the Spring and Autumn Period. There are different types. According to their characters or shapes, there are Qi Dao, Jimo Dao, Anyang Dao, Tanbang Dao, Zhenshou Dao, Yanshou Dao, Ming Dao, Pingshou Dao, straight knife, etc. It was mainly circulated in Qi, Yan, Zhao and other countries during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

The cloth coin, also known as the shovel because of its shape, evolved from the bronze farm tool plow. It was a shovel-shaped copper coin that was circulated in the Central Plains countries during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China. Shovel-shaped tools were once used as a medium for folk transactions, so the earliest coins were minted in the shape of a shovel.

Wan Qian, also known as Wan Jin and Huan Qian, is an ancient Chinese copper coin. Mainly circulated in Qin and Wei during the Warring States Period. Round with a round hole in the center. There are characters cast on the money. One says it evolved from a spinning wheel; another says it evolved from a jade ring. It is the predecessor of square hole money.

Ant-nosed money is a copper shell used in circulation in Chu State during the Warring States Period in China. It is a currency with characters on the face and a shape like a seashell. There are obvious differences between the copper shells of the Chu State and the unwritten copper shells of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. There are many nicknames for copper shells in Chu State, such as grimace money, ant nose money, oyster shell, skull card, melon seed gold, lalazi, etc., all of which mean small money.

Extended information

The knife currency popular in Yan, Qi, Zhao and Zhongshan from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period. The types are:

1. The clear-character sword, pointed-head sword, and needle-head sword of the Yan State;

2. The three-character sword of the Qi State (Qifa Hua Dao), Four-character knives (Fahua knives from Qi), Five-character knives (Fahua knives from Anyang and Jimo), Six-character knives (Fahua knives from Qi Jianbang), Qiming knives, Boshan knives, etc. ;

3. Gandan Dao, Baibai Dao, Baibai Hua Dao, Baihua Dao, Wang Hua Dao, etc. from Zhao State;

4. Chengbaizhi Dao and Baibai Dao from Zhongshan State Straight knives etc.

5. The coins minted by Wang Mang in the new dynasty contained gold-wrapped knives.

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