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thanks many more wow you get fired up with stupid people like me I am sorry for my stupid questions can you tell me what is a wen and what is a cash and was there other symbols used like these 
Posted 01/19/2014 05:53 am
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...can you tell me what is a wen and what is a cash...
...can you tell me what is a wen and what is a cash...
They are two names for the same thing. Or rather, the "wen" was the Chinese name for the denomination of a 1 cash coin. This name, using the same character but pronounced differently, also became the Vietnamese "van" or "phan", the Japanese "mon" and the Korean "mun".
"Cash" is the English name for the square-holed style of coin, a name which is not Chinese in origin. The Chinese call cash coins "qian" (money), or more specifically "fang kong qian" (square hole money).
When describing the denominations on old paper money, "wen" and "cash" are interchangeable.
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