| 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 - ) |
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