In China, holed coins had circulated in the market before Tosen coins (Chinese currency of the Tang dynasty) appeared, but, during the blank period without such currencies, it was cloth and rice that played the role as a bartering currency. |
中国では唐銭以前にも穴あき銭はあったが、その空白期には布や米などを貨幣代わりに用いた。 |