Definition

• A Chinese weight, also the one thousandth part of the Tael of silver, and of the recent Chinese Dollar or Yuan. The Li is synonymous to the foreign term Cash. The copper Li is supposed to weigh one tenth of a Tael and it is so expressed on coins of Shun Chih (1644-1661) of the Manchu dynasty. Recent patterns of some of the copper coins have values of one, two, and five Li. The Japanese Rin is equal to the Li and the same character is used.

Quelle

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

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