China: Five Dynasty Period and Tartars

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Five Dynasties Period (907 - 960 AD)

Later Liang Dynasty (907 - 923 AD)

Taizu (907 - 910 AD)

Modi (911 - 923 AD)

Later Tang Dynasty (923 - 935 AD)

Zhuangzong (923 - 926 AD)

Mingzong (926 - 934 AD)

Feidi (934 - 935 AD)

Later Jin Dynasty (936 - 947 AD)

Gaozu (936 - 944 AD)

Chudi (944 - 947 AD)

Later Han Dynasty (947 - 951 AD)

Gao Zu (947 - 948 AD)

Gao Zu (947 - 948 AD)
AE Cash
Hartill 15.7; Schjoth 413
24 mm.
2.65 gm.
Die position=12h
Obverse:
Reverse:

Yindi (948 - 951 AD)

Later Zhou Dynasty (951 - 960 AD)

Taizu (951 - 954 AD)

Shi Zong (954 - 960 AD)

Shi Zong (954 - 960 AD)
AE Cash
Hartill 15.12; Schjoth 414
25 mm.
3.58 gm.
Die position=12h
Obverse:
Reverse:

Shi Zong (954 - 960 AD)
AE Cash
Hartill 15.23-25v.; Schjoth 425
24 mm.
4.01 gm.
Die position=12h
Obverse:
Reverse:

Five Dynasty contemporaries (907 - 960 AD)

Liao Dynasty (907 - 1125 AD)

Former Shu (907 - 960/976 AD)

Wang Jian (907 - 918 AD)
AE Cash
Hartill 15.37; Schjoth 430
23 mm.
3.01 gm.
Die position=12h
Obverse:
Reverse:

Wang Yan, son of Wang Jian (919 - 925 AD)
AE Cash
Hartill 15.42; Schjoth 433, FD 775v., MNIS 3416v.
23 mm.
3.18 gm.
Die position=n/a
Obverse:
Reverse:

Wang Yan, son of Wang Jian (919 - 925 AD)
AE Cash
Schjoth 434; Hartill 15.46
22 mm.
3.38 gm.
Obverse: 'Hsien k'ang yuan pao'
Reverse:

Southern Han Dynasty (917 - circa 942 AD)

Emperor Liu Yen (917 - 942 AD)
Pb Cash
Schjoth 438v., FD 826
26 mm.
3.94 gm.
Obverse: 'Ch'ien heng chung pao'
Reverse:

Emperor Liu Yen (917 - 942 AD)
Pb Cash
Schjoth 438v., FD 826
26 mm.
3.51 gm.
Obverse: 'Ch'ien heng chung pao'
Reverse:

Emperor Liu Yen (917 - 942 AD)
Pb Cash
Schjoth 438v., FD 828v.
25 mm.
4.58 gm.
Die position=12h
Obverse: 'Ch'ien heng chung pao' [the Ch'ien character is reversed on this coin]
Reverse: 'Yong'

Northern Han Dynasty (950 - 976/997 AD)

Southern Tang Dynasty (907 - 978 AD)

Emperor Yuan Tsung (died 961 AD)
AE Cash
Schjoth 441
24 mm.
2.98 gm.
Obverse: 'Tang kuo t'ung pao'
Reverse:

Emperor Yuan Tsung (died 961 AD)
AE Cash
Schjoth 442
25 mm.
2.80 gm.
Obverse: 'T'ang kuo t'ung pao'
Reverse:

Emperor Yuan Tsung (died 961 AD)
AE Cash
Schjoth 442
24 mm.
3.72 gm.
Obverse: 'Tang kuo t'ung pao'
Reverse:

Emperor Yuan Tsung (died 961 AD)
AE Cash
Schjoth 444
20 mm.
1.97 gm.
Obverse: 'Tang kuo t'ung pao'
Reverse:

Emperor Yuan Tsung (died 961 AD)
AE Cash
Schjoth 445
25 mm.
3.68 gm.
Obverse: 'Tang kuo t'ung pao'
Reverse:

Emperor Li Yu (died 978 AD)
AE Cash
Schjoth 446
24 mm.
3.79 gm.
Obverse: 'K'ai yuan t'ung pao'
Reverse:

Ch'u Dynasty (930 - circa 970's AD)

Tartar Dynasties (907 - 1260 AD)

Liao Dynasty (907 - 1125 AD) [Ch'i-tan Tartars]

T'ai Tsu (907 - 926 AD)

Hsing Tsung (1031 - 1054 AD)

Tao Tsung (1055 - 1100 AD)

T'ien Cha (1101 - 1125 AD)

The Pretender Liu Yu of Ch'i (died 1143 AD)

Tsao Wang (died 1143 AD)

Western Hsia Dynasty (982 - 1227 AD)

Jen Tsung (1140 - 1193 AD)

Emperor Jen Tsung (1140 - 1193 AD)
AE Cash (1149 - 1168 AD)
Schjoth 1078, FD 1683
24 mm.
3.44 gm.
Reign title: T'ien sheng
Obverse: 'T'ien sheng yuan pao'
Reverse:

Emperor Jen Tsung (1140 - 1193 AD)
FE Cash (1169 - 1193 AD)
Schjoth 1080
24 mm.
3.88 gm.
Magnetic.
Reign title: Ch'ien yu
Obverse: 'Ch'ien yu yuan pao'
Reverse:

Hsiang Tsung (1206 - 1212 AD)

Shen Tsung (1212 - 1222 AD)

Chin Dynasty (1115 - 1260 AD) [Nu-chen Tartars]

Wan-yen Liang (1149 - 1161 AD)

Emperor Wan-yen Liang (1149 - 1161 AD)
AE Cash (1156 - 1161 AD)
Schjoth 1083
25 mm.
3.47 gm.
Reign title: Cheng lung
Obverse: 'Cheng Lung Yuan Pao'
Reverse:

Emperor Wan-yen Liang (1149 - 1161 AD)
AE Cash (1156 - 1161 AD)
Schjoth 1083
25 mm.
3.97 gm.
Reign title: Cheng lung
Obverse: ''Cheng Lung Yuan Pao'
Reverse:

Shih Tsung (1161 - 1189 AD)

Chang Tsung (1190 - 1208 AD)

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