Chinese Coins by Dynasty

• Ch'in (Qin) Dynasty (255 BC - 207 BC, coins from 221 BC - 207 BC)
• Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD)
• Wang Mang Interregnum (Xin) (9 AD - 24 AD)
• Eastern Han Dynasty (25 AD - 221 AD)

The Three Kingdoms (221 AD - 280 AD)

• Minor Han (Wei) Dynasty (221 AD - 265 AD)
• Wu Dynasty (222 AD - 280 AD)
• Western Ch'in (Jin) Dynasty (265 AD - 316 AD)
• Eastern Ch'in (Jin) Dynasty (317 AD - 420 AD)

Southern Dynasties (420 AD - 588 AD

• Liu Sung (Song) Dynasty (420 AD - 479 AD)
• Southern Ch'i (Qi) (Xiao) (479 AD - 502 AD)
• Liang Dynasty (502 AD - 557 AD)
• Ch'en Dynasty (557 AD - 588 AD)

Northern Dynasties (386 AD - 581 [589?] AD)

• Northern Wei (386 AD - 534 AD)
• Eastern Wei (534 AD - 549 AD)
• Western Wei (535 AD - 557 AD)
• Northern Ch'i (Qi) (Gao) (550 AD - 577 AD)
• Northern Chou (Zhou) (557 AD - 581 AD)

Reunited

• Sui (581 [589?] AD - 618 AD)
• T'ang (Tang) (618 AD - 907 AD) The Five Dynasties (907 AD - 960 AD)
• Later Liang (907 AD - 923 AD)
• Later T'ang (Tang) (923 AD - 935 AD)
• Later Ch'in (Jin) (936 AD - 947 AD)
• Later Han (947 AD - 951 AD)
• Later Chou (Zhou) (951 AD - 960 AD)
• Northern Sung Dynasty (960 AD - 1127 AD)
• Southern Sung Dynasty (1127 AD - 1279 AD)
• Yuan Dynasty (1279 AD - 1368 AD)
• Ming Dynasty (1368 AD - 1644 AD)
• Ch'ing (Qing) Dynasty (1616 AD - 1911 AD)
• Republic of China (Mainland) (1911 AD - 1949 AD)
• Republic of China (Taiwan) (1949 AD - )
• People's Republic of China (1949 AD - )