Discount Translation

When in San Fran last week, I decided to pick up some trinkets to put in geocaches. While walking through Chinatown, I found these coins. On the back, is the following translation (this is word-for-word, letter-for-letter):

ANCIENT CASH

Ancicnt cash is thccurrency using in all dynasty if China. Its history shorld bc find out as lcast from from and 3 dynasty.

Bronze Cowirc of Chu 278 B.C. Was usod as currcncy for a vcry fong period. During the goodscxchange pcriods, the diflcrent valuse between two exehangod goods was discovered so that the minor eurrency (deeorations) was used for adjrstment. So Bronze Cowine was treatcd as the goods-cxchange modia for its was one of the common dccorations, It had been chculated for a ling time before Chou dvnasty (1122-225B.C)

From Chou dynasty, the farm tools Hollow handlc Spadc Moncy and Knife Money were used as eurrency, With the inore peopular of Knife Money, words were addcd onthem so various kind of knife Money were come out.

The First Emperor shih Huang ti of Chin. (221-209B.C.) issued the copper cornage Panhang Haif and ounce that was the befining of round money with square hole at center which that shapc of money had been cireulatod about two, thousand year It also affeet Japan. Coren and Annam countnes to use China curreney as their money.

The Ancient Cash can be said fiom the period of Bronze Cowire of Chu278B.C. to the round money with square hole of the later Ching dynasty.