The China section will be painful for people who know the subject, because I don't. Hence the datings and denominations will be all over the place. As I've said, this is not a scholarly resource, but a site devoted to the look of the money. Occasionally, we indulge in the history, if it's discernible.

Since I first put up this site, on-the-fly translation built right into the computer, has become ubiquitous, so I can tell you with confidence that the characters under the illustration mean "Yuanyi coin country payment corner pick every."