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"History of Song," Vol. 180, Treatise on Food and Money, Lower Part 2 (Short Strings).

Toghto et al., "History of Song" (Wikisource)

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  1. From the Tianyou era of the Tang, 85 coins were counted as 100. This was further reduced during the Later Tang and Later Han. In the early Song, official payments were made with 80 or 85 coins counted as 100, while in private use, some regions counted 48 as 100 according to local custom. An edict standardized it to 77 coins as 100.

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