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100 Cash Ding Ping Yi Bai Shu late Type 1
| Issuer | Shu, State of |
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| Year | 221-265 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, seal script) |
| Obverse lettering | 定 百 一 平 (Translation: Ding Ping 100 Cash) |
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The State of Shu, the weakest of the Three Kingdoms in both population and resource base, resorted to a series of inflated-denomination cash coins to fund its military campaigns against Wei and Wu. A coin nominally worth 100 cash but weighing under half a gram represents fiscal desperation made metal — the gap between face value and intrinsic worth was among the most extreme in Han-successor coinage. Shu collapsed in 263 when Wei forces under Deng Ai crossed the Yinping trail and Liu Shan surrendered without a final engagement, ending the mint's output abruptly.