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1/2 Jin
| Issuer | Zhao, State of |
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| Year | 350 BC - 250 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The spade coinages of Zhao circulated during a century of near-constant warfare among the Warring States, when bronze was as likely to be cast into weapons as into currency. Zhao's square-footed spades are distinguishable from those of neighboring Wei and Han by their foot morphology — a distinction that mattered practically, since coins of rival states circulated alongside each other and merchants needed to differentiate them by touch as much as by sight.
Hartill 3.483 places this half-jin piece within the later issues of the type, when Zhao's mints were under pressure from Qin's westward expansion and eventual annexation of the state in 228 BC.