Chu Pubblico Deposited
Also variously written Schu and Tchu. A Chinese weight, equivalent to about a drachm, and occasionally found stamped on some of the earlier coins. The name may he derived from Tsu, the most southerly State of China in the last cen- turies before the Christian era.
The Chu and its multiples became the standard coins of the Chinese Empire dur- ing many of the later dynasties. See Wu Tchu.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)