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.
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.