Knife money

Knife money
Yan State knife money
Traditional Chinese刀幣
Simplified Chinese刀币
Literal meaningKnife coin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyindāobì
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese刀錢
Simplified Chinese刀钱
Literal meaningKnife money
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyindāoqián
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese金錯刀
Simplified Chinese金错刀
Literal meaningGold-plated knife
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinjīn cuò dāo

Knife money (Chinese: 刀币) is the name of large, cast, bronze, knife-shaped commodity money produced by various governments and kingdoms in what is now China, approximately 2,500 years ago. Knife money circulated in China between 600 and 200 BCE during the Zhou dynasty.

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