Fen 上市 Deposited
The Chinese name for what foreigners call the Candareen. The modern Chinese silver coins are found with the following values inscribed on them: 7 Mace, 2 Candareens = one Yuan, or Dollar 3 Mace, 6 Candareens = one half Yuan, or Dollar 1 Mace, 4.4 Candareens = one fifth Yuan, or Dollar 7.2 Candareens = one tenth Yuan, or Dollar 3.6 Candareens = one twentieth Yuan, or Dollar
The Fed is used in some instances as the equivalent of the Cent.
In the Sino-Tibetan coinage a Tael of silver is computed at eighteen Fen. The latter coin is valued at one tenth of the Chien (q.v.). Pieces of five Fen issued for Kashgar have a square hole in the centre and Chinese characters.
The Chinese rebel ruler, Wu-san-Kwei, of the Tschao-wu epoch (1673-1679), issued the Fen extensively.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)