Definición

• A Chinese word meaning " cloth," though probably the original sense of the word was " to spread," or better, " to cir- culate." The term Pu or Ku Pu is ap- plied to certain ancient Chinese bronze coins derived from the Spade (q.v.) and Weight money (q.v.), though sometimes used to include all of these forms. The Pus were in use from the sixth to the third centuries B.C. and were confined, for the most part, to western, northern, and cen- tral China. There are a number of minor forms of Pus, but they can roughly be divided into square and pointed-toed class- es. The shape was copied later by the Usurper Wang Mang (A.D. 7-22) who is- sued them with a value from one hundred to one thousand Li. These latter pieces are known as New Pus.

Fuente

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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