100 Wu Zhou - Liu Bei Shu

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.