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Since counting and stringing together coins was a time-consuming task, money handlers known as ''qiánpù'' (錢鋪) emerged, and sold the service of stringing together one's coins for them. Coins were grouped into strings of 100, ten of which would then be strung together to form a ''chuàn'' of 1000 coins. The money handler would often take their fee directly out of the strings, however. Most strings in circulation were thus not truly of 1000 coins, but rather of 990; however, these would still be accepted as strings of 1000, since the money handlers' practice was well-known and accepted.

Since counting and stringing together coins was a time-consuming task, money handlers known as ''qiánpù'' (錢鋪) emerged, and sold the service of stringing together one's coins for them. Coins were grouped into strings of 100, ten of which would then be strung together to form a ''chuàn'' of 1000 coins. The money handler would often take their fee directly out of the strings, however. Most strings in circulation were thus not truly of 1000 coins, but rather of 990; however, these would still be accepted as strings of 1000, since the money handlers' practice was well-known and accepted.

Silver was typically carried in one-ounce ingots known as [[tael]]s, or ''liǎng'' in Chinese. (See [[Tael]] for more on this.)

Silver was typically carried in one-ounce ingots known as [[tael]]s, or ''liǎng'' in Chinese.

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