China. Tea Brick Currency (Tea Money) Late 1950s-1970s, Hubei "Zhaoliqiao Tea Brick Factory" Lot:  3822

China. Tea Brick Currency (Tea Money) Late 1950s-1970s, Hubei "Zhaoliqiao Tea Brick Factory"
Lot:  3822
5 stars above, Chinese Pailou building in the center; China Tea Company (中國茶葉公司), Made in Zhaoliqiao Tea Brick Factory (趙李橋磚茶廠製造).

16 pre-cut bars with Chinese Luck knots.

Produce Period: ca. April 1953 -1977
Size: 24 x 19 x 2 cm
Weight: 1.10 kg.

Production place: Zhaoliqiao Town, Hubei Province, China

Tea bricks have been used as a means of currency from the 9th to 20th century in China, Mongolia, Tibet, Central Asia and Russia. The bricks were mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan provinces, southern of China. They were made in various forms and sizes and transported by yaks or camels caravans. Being compact, easy to preserve, and to carry, tea bricks are a practical means of payment used even to make a trade with people from other regions.

These pre cut like a chocolate bar into sixteen equivalent squares bearing the same curved lines. This procedure makes it easier to cut the brick into smaller pieces as a form of currency.

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