Editing Coin (section)

===Tongbei in Bronze Age China (c. 1100 BC)===
In the late [[Chinese Bronze Age]], standardized cast tokens were made, such as those discovered in a tomb near [[Anyang]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.big5.henan.gov.cn/hngk/system/2006/08/02/010000219.shtml|title=中國最早金屬鑄幣 商代晚期鑄造銅貝-河南概況 |publisher= Big5.henan.gov.cn|access-date=2012-05-22|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120317071705/http://www.big5.henan.gov.cn/hngk/system/2006/08/02/010000219.shtml|archive-date= 2012-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGu62yiVF8wC&q=shang+coin&pg=PT186 |title=The Everything Coin Collecting Book: All You Need to Start Your Collection … |first= Richard |last= Giedroyc |date= 2006-11-15 |publisher=Adams Media |access-date= 2012-05-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528092906/http://books.google.com/books?id=RGu62yiVF8wC&pg=PT186&dq=shang+coin&lr=#PPT187,M1 |archive-date=2013-05-28 |isbn=9781593375683 }}</ref> These were replicas in bronze of earlier [[Renminbi|Chinese currency]], [[cowrie]] shells, so they were named [[Tong Bei|"Bronze Shell"]].<ref>{{cite web |author=YK Kwan |url=http://chinesechinese.net/HistoryofChina.html |title=A snap shot view of The history of China by YK Kwan |publisher=Chinesechinese.net |access-date=2012-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120503202130/http://www.chinesechinese.net/HistoryofChina.html |archive-date=2012-05-03 }}</ref>