1 Cash - Zhaowu Tongbao, Regular script

Wu Sangui — the Ming general whose decision to open the Shanhai Pass to Qing forces in 1644 effectively ended the Ming dynasty — spent his final years attempting to undo exactly that. The Zhaowu reign title was proclaimed in 1678 as Wu established the Great Zhou state across southern China, minting coinage to legitimize a regime that would outlast him by less than a year. He died in August 1678, before his own era title had time to circulate meaningfully.

Production was concentrated in Yunnan and Hunan, where Wu held his strongest territorial grip. The brevity of the Zhaowu period keeps genuine examples scarce relative to demand.