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Description: | The Fitzwilliam Museum Department of Coins and Medals curates a collection of approximately 5,000 Far Eastern coins. These include nearly 300 coins from Japan, as well as Korean and Chinese coins. The Chinese coin collection includes examples of traditional ÃcashÃ' still articulated on the string, and cowry-shell money both 'real' and in the form of imitation shells made from a variety of other materials. | Subjects: | Japanese Korean Chinese (cultural identity) Numismatics Shells Coins Shell trade | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01223 332 923 | Telephone: | 01223 332 900 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8425 | Go to resource |
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