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10 Cash Liyong Tongbao, normal Yi
| Issuer | Great Zhou Dynasty (Wu Sangui) |
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| Year | 1674-1678 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse lettering | 一 分 (Translation: Yi Fen — 1 Fen (of silver) = 10 Cash) |
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Wu Sangui struck these in the brief window after he declared the Zhou dynasty in 1674, having turned against the Qing following decades of uneasy collaboration — it was his betrayal of the Ming that had opened the gates at Shanhaiguan to the Manchu armies in 1644. The rebellion he now led, the "Revolt of the Three Feudatories," initially made serious territorial gains across southern China before Kangxi's forces ground it down.
Wu Sangui died in 1678 before the dynasty collapsed entirely, leaving his grandson Wu Shifan to surrender Yunnan in 1681. The four-year emission window is tight, and the large cash denominations were struck to fund active military campaigns rather than routine administration.