1 Cash - Tongzheng Yuanbao

The Former Shu was a short-lived kingdom carved out of Sichuan by Wang Jian during the collapse of the Tang dynasty, one of the ten-odd states that fractured China during the Five Dynasties period. Wang Jian declared himself emperor in 907 and issued the Tongzheng reign title in 916, the final year before his death. The kingdom survived him by only eight years before falling to the Later Tang in 924.

Sichuan's relative isolation and economic self-sufficiency during this period meant its coinage circulated largely within the basin, which accounts for the regional concentration of surviving examples.