by Chinese merchants and had to be demonetised a mere seven years after they were introduced. The United States in 1873 created the American trade dollar which was known to the Chinese as the Maoyi Yinyuan (貿易銀元), this coin specially designed for use in the trade with the Qing dynasty. However, because its silver content was lower than that of the Mexican peso, it suffered the same fate as the silver Hong Kong dollar and was discontinued 14 years after its introduction. Afterwards another silver British coin was introduced inspired by the American trade dollar that became known as the British dollar or British trade dollar, these coins featured the inscription "One Dollar" (in English, Chinese, and Malay) and had the portrait of the female personification of the United Kingdom Britannia on them, these silver coins were introduced in the year 1895, and were called either Zhanrenyang (站人洋) or Zhangyang (仗洋) by the Chinese. See also Ancient Chinese coinage History of Chinese currency Liao dynasty coinage Manchukuo yuan Paper money of the Qing dynasty Shengbao (currency) Southern Song dynasty coinage Western Xia coinage Yuan dynasty coinage Zhou dynasty coinage Notes References Sources Eagleton, C.; Williams, J., Money: a history, London: British Museum Press, 2007. Hartill, David, Qing cash, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication 37, London, 2003. PENG Xinwei, A monetary history of China, Shanghai: Qunlian Publishing, 1954; translated by Kaplan, E. H., Bellingham, WA: Center for East Asian Studies, University of Western Washington, 2 volumes, 1994. Wu Jingzi (吳敬梓), Rulin Waishi (The Scholars). Eduard Kann, Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins, Vol. 1: Gold, Silver, Nickel and Aluminum Chen Feng, Financial History of the Qing Dynasty (1 January 1991) (in Mandarin Chinese using Simplified Chinese characters) Werner Burger (numismatist), Ch'ing Cash. Publisher: University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong University. Publication date: 5 July 2016 Kalgan Shih, Sam Sloan, and Mario L. Sacripante. Modern Coins of China. Publisher: Ishi Press. Published: 14 December 2009. Shi Jun Zhi, Outline of Chinese coins legal history (Chinese Edition). Publisher: China Financial Publishing House. Published: 1 March 2015. External links Dragon Dollar & Chinese Coins: Late Qing Dynasty provincial silver coins (Beiyang mint) Coins of China coinage Modern obsolete currencies Chinese numismatics