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1 Cash - Wang Mang Fifth reform, Without inner rim
| Issuer | Xin Dynasty (Wang Mang) |
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| Year | 14-23 |
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| Currency | Zhu (fifth reform, 14-40) |
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| Obverse lettering | 貨泉 (Translation: Huo Quan - Wealth coin) |
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| Mintage | ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.38: Middle stroke of Quan broken - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.39: Middle stroke of Quan unbroken - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.40: Dash at bottom right hole - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.41: Dash at bottom right hole; Quan without top stroke - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.42-3: Dash at bottom left of hole - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.44: Dash at all for corners of hole - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.45: Star at top of hole - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.46: Blob at top of hole - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.48: Blob at right of hole - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.49: Blob at bottom of hole - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.50: Blob at left of hole - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.51: Blob at top of hole; dash at bottom right - ND (14-23) - Hartill#9.52: Blob at top of hole; dash at bottom left - |
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Wang Mang's monetary reforms were among the most ambitious — and catastrophically unpopular — currency experiments in Chinese history. Between 7 and 23 AD he issued at least five successive reform coinage systems, each one undermining confidence in the last. This piece dates to the fifth and final reform of 14 AD, by which point the population had largely abandoned official coinage in favor of the old Han wu zhu, the use of which Wang Mang had made punishable by enslavement. The enforcement failed comprehensively. His dynasty collapsed in 23 AD under peasant revolt.