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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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| Diameter | 23.6 mm |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Mintage | ND (214-221) |
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The 100 Wu Zhu was issued by Liu Bei's Shu regime as a debased overvaluation — nominally worth 100 standard Wu Zhu coins while containing a fraction of the metal that would justify such a claim. It was a fiscal measure born of military necessity, funding Liu Bei's campaigns for control of the Sichuan basin at a moment when his resources were perpetually outpaced by his ambitions. Iron, rather than bronze, signals just how strained the supply chains had become.