Shanghai Museum and Shanghai Numismatic Society, Shanghai Encyclopedia Volume 2: Qin, Han and Three Kingdom, Zhongguó lìdài huòbì dà xì (Great Ancient Chinese Currency System), Shanghai, 2002, 783 pages, 20 color plates, with 5062 listings, a massive 11"x15" hardcover volume in slip case, Chinese text, covering Qin, Western and Eastern Han and Three Kingdom dynasties coinage. Numbered specimen listings with good rubbings and catalog numbers. With rarity rating, and often weight, diameter, and hoard reference noted in plates or in chart at back. Shows specimens beyond the Shanghai Museum s collection. This volume includes the complex banliang and wuzhu series. However, some forgeries are included in the listings and there are numerous errors in attribution of banliang and wuzhu. Includes several illustrated essays on coinage of this period.
