Watch List notes:

Shanghai Numismatic Society & Museum, Shanghai Encyclopedia Volume 1: Qin Dynasty, Shanghai 1988, 1181 pages, 4 color plates, rubbings of every listing, Chinese Edition. First in a projected 16-volume series of oversized 11x15" works on all Chinese money. This one covers knife, spade, and cowrie-derived coins plus the earliest round-hole coins. Numbered specimen listings with good rubbings, catalog numbers, rarity ratings, and often weights, diameters, and hoard references. Color plates show 51 basic Qin types. Additional articles and appendices (in Chinese) such as origins of Chinese money, pre-Qin currency by Wang Qingzheng, tables of inscriptions, archaeological evidence, index of cowrie references, metalurgy, hoard summary chart. This first edition (hardcover, Chinese text) is out of print, ex Dan Bloxsom Collection.

Estimate: 75- 100 USD