| beibi 貝幣 cowry coins (and imitations) |
| bubi 布幣 spade coins |
| daobi 刀幣 knife coins |
| huanqian 圜錢 round coins |
| yibiqian 蟻鼻錢 ant-nose coins |
| wuzhu qian 五銖錢 five-zhu coins |
| banliang qian 半兩錢 half-liang coins |
| zhiqian 制錢 standard cash |
| daqian 大錢 large cash |
| paper money |
| feiqian 飛錢 bills |
| guanzi 關子 |
| huizi 會子 |
| jiaozi 交子 |
| qianyin 錢引 |
| baochao 寶鈔 |
| silver ingots |
| Money during the Shang period |
| Money during the Zhou period |