Definizione

• A Chinese word, the equivalent for commodities and for which individuals readily exchange their products and ser- vices.

  The word also applies to a coin round in shape, and many of the modern Chinese pieces are thus inscribed with an ad- ditional qualifying word, such as copper or silver, for a copper or silver coin.

  Primitive rings and amulets and a cer- tain form of jade bore this name. Pi was also a term given to the early round coins when the field is also the width of the central hole. See Huan and Yuan.

  Pi is used in conjunction with other words as follows : Ch' ien Pi or T' ung Pi means copper money ; Chin Pi, gold money ; and Chili Pi, paper money.

Fonte

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

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