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NEW BOOK: CURRENCIES OF ANCIENT CHINADr Lyce Jankowski of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford submitted these thoughts on a new book on Chinese coinage. Thanks! -Editor
François Thierry, Les monnaies de la Chine ancienne. Des origines à la fin de l’Empire, published by Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 2017. It’s a paperback, with bibliography, 688 pages, 20 maps, and 370 colour illustrations, 16 x 24 cm, 1310 g, €55.00, ISBN 9782251446868. I have read the book. And it is a fantastic work. The entire history of Chinese coinage is covered from the very beginnings to 1911. It is unfortunately in French, but I am sure it will become the standard reference on that subject. A translation of the summary in English is available at
Dr. Jankowski provided the text of the summary (shown below) and a copy of the Table of Contents, which can be found in full at the above link. -Editor
Currencies of Ancient China from Their Origins to the Late Empire The fruit of several decades of research, this book – a treasure in itself –is currently the most comprehensive reference work on the currencies of ancient China, from their origins to the Late Empire (1911). Mobilizing a wide variety of sources, the author leads readers on a multi-century monetary adventure and, in so doing, maps out a thrilling general history of China. François Thierry, who is aggregate from University, is the Honorary General Curator of the Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques(Coins, Medals and Antiques Department ) of Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) and the recipient of the 2006 Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society. For more information, see:
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