▁conquer ed ▁China ▁the ▁Y uan ▁dynast y ▁largely ▁deprecated ▁co pper ▁coin age ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁paper ▁money . ▁This ▁tr end ▁continued ▁under ▁the ▁M ing ▁dynast y . ▁After ▁the ▁Chinese ▁became ▁independent ▁again , ▁during ▁the ▁M ing ▁dynast y , ▁c ash ▁co ins ▁only ▁contained ▁the ▁reign ▁titles ▁of ▁the ▁em peror . ▁Due ▁to ▁a ▁naming ▁tab oo ▁the ▁term ▁" Y uan ba o " ▁( 元 <0xE5> <0xAF> <0xB6> ) ▁was ▁ph ased ▁out ▁from ▁c ash ▁coin ▁ins cri ptions ▁as ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁M ing ▁dynast y , ▁Z hu ▁Yu anz hang ▁had ▁the ▁word ▁" Y uan " ▁( 元 ) ▁in ▁his ▁name . ▁ ▁Under ▁the ▁Man ch u ▁Q ing ▁dynast y ▁the ▁tr end ▁of ▁exclus ively ▁using ▁the ▁reign ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁Emperor ▁continued , ▁and ▁all ▁c ash ▁co ins ▁issued ▁during ▁this ▁period ▁were ▁written ▁in ▁regular ▁script . ▁ ▁Below ▁is ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁ob verse ▁ins cri ptions ▁that ▁were ▁used ▁on ▁Chinese ▁c ash ▁co ins ▁organized ▁by ▁period ▁and / or ▁dynast y . ▁ ▁W arring ▁states ▁period ▁▁ ▁During ▁the ▁W arring ▁states ▁period ▁of ▁the ▁Z hou ▁dynast y ▁the ▁first ▁prec urs ors ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁c ash ▁co ins ▁started ▁to ▁appear . ▁These ▁early ▁round ▁co ins ▁( <0xE5> <0x9C> <0x9C> <0xE9> <0x8C> <0xA2> , ▁hu án qi án ) ▁circul ated ▁alongside ▁the ▁kn ife ▁and ▁sp ade ▁money . ▁As