1 Qian 5 Fen - Zhizheng Zhibao

The Zhizheng Zhibao series was issued under the last Yuan emperor Toghon Temür during a period of catastrophic dynastic collapse — the Red Turban Rebellions were already tearing apart the northern provinces when these coins entered circulation. The larger denominations, including this 1 qian 5 fen piece, were part of an emergency monetary expansion intended to fund military suppression of the uprisings. It did not work.

Hartill 19.122 is among the heavier cast pieces in the Zhizheng sequence, and genuine examples at full weight are increasingly difficult to authenticate given the volume of later imitations produced during the Ming transition period.