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100 Wu Zhou - Liu Bei Shu
| Issuer | Shu, State of |
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| Year | 214-221 |
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| Composition | Iron |
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| Obverse description | Cast iron cash coin of circular form with a central square perforation, bordered by a raised square rim. Four Chinese seal-script characters are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central hole, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left as 直百五銖 (Zhi Bai Wu Zhu), meaning 'worth one hundred Wu Zhu'. The characters are boldly rendered in relief within the field, separated by the inner square rim, with a plain outer rim encircling the design. The surface exhibits a dark iron patina with areas of reddish-brown oxidation and mineral encrustation consistent with extended burial. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | Plain cast iron reverse featuring a central square perforation surrounded by a raised inner square rim and a plain outer rim. The field is entirely blank and uninscribed, displaying a coarse, slightly uneven casting surface with traces of iron corrosion and yellowish mineral deposits. A faint casting seam remnant is discernible near the inner rim on the lower left quadrant, typical of Three Kingdoms period cast coinage. |
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