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1 Cash - Wang Mang Second reform
| Issuer | China (ancient) |
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| Year | 9-14 |
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| Diameter | 15 mm |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wang Mang's monetary reforms are among the most chaotic episodes in Chinese coinage history. His second reform, enacted in 10 AD, introduced a bewildering multi-denomination system that the population largely refused to accept — merchants continued using the banned Wu Zhu coins in defiance, and Wang Mang responded with threats of enslavement for violators. The 1 Cash sat at the absolute bottom of this failed hierarchy, a denomination so small it was almost economically meaningless within the system Wang Mang had constructed.
His currency experiments collapsed along with his Xin dynasty in 23 AD.