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1/2 Jin Zhao state, Xiang Ping
| Issuer | State of Zhao (Warring States) |
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| Year | 350 BC - 250 BC |
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| Value | 1/2 Jin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | Plain, unadorned reverse with no inscriptions or decorative elements. The surface retains a heavily encrusted patina of grey-green and malachite tones resulting from long-term burial, with the characteristic flat-shouldered spade outline and bifurcated foot form clearly visible in profile. |
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Xiang Ping was a major administrative center in the northern Zhao state, situated in what is now Liaoning province — territory the Zhao held under persistent military pressure from both the Xiongnu to the north and rival states to the south. The jin weight standard used here reflects Zhao's own metrological system, which diverged from Zhou royal norms as the state increasingly operated as a fully autonomous power during this period.
Knife and spade coinages from Zhao's northern commanderies are notably less common than those from its core territories around Handan, the capital.