Haru S C Chang. Published by the Chang Foundation, Taipei. HB (red cloth (silk) with gilt-lettered spine and front cover and embossed Chinese seal on rear cover) 224 pages, including 105 very good colour plates on which the coin is illustrated life-size and also enlarged to a diameter of 65mm.  206 x 296mm. Parallel Chinese / English texts, English translation by Ma Tak-Wo.  Cover a little marked, internally an excellent copy almost as new.

An important collection of Chinese coins, some previously unpublished. Includes bibliographical references. Well photographed, carefully printed on top quality heavy paper excellently bound with laid paper endpapers.  This was apparently originally published in a slipcase.

Rare Gold and Silver Coins of the Late Ching Dynasty.

Chinese coins  Gold coins