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1 Cash - Zhaowu Tongbao, Regular script, Gong
| Issuer | Great Zhou dynasty |
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| Year | 1678 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 昭 寶 通 武 (Translation: Zhao Wu Tong Bao Zhaowu (era of Wu Sangui, 1678) / Universal currency) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Zhaowu reign lasted exactly forty days. Wu Shifan, grandson of the rebel warlord Wu Sangui, proclaimed the short-lived Great Zhou dynasty in 1678 after his grandfather's death mid-rebellion, and was crushed by Qing forces almost immediately. The cash coinage struck in his name — across multiple mint locations, of which Gong was one — never had any meaningful circulation life, which accounts for the relative frequency of high-grade survivors despite the political catastrophe surrounding their production.