The Tianwan Kingdom was a short-lived rebel state proclaimed by Xu Shouhui during the Red Turban uprisings against Mongol Yuan dynasty rule. Xu's regime controlled parts of central China through the 1350s before his subordinate Chen Youliang had him murdered in 1360, collapsing the polity entirely. This cash was struck within that narrow window of independence — the kingdom's coinage output spans barely a decade, making any surviving example a direct artifact of one of the more violent episodes in the Yuan dynasty's unraveling.
The Tianwan Kingdom was a short-lived rebel state proclaimed by Xu Shouhui during the Red Turban uprisings against Mongol Yuan dynasty rule. Xu's regime controlled parts of central China through the 1350s before his subordinate Chen Youliang had him murdered in 1360, collapsing the polity entirely. This cash was struck within that narrow window of independence — the kingdom's coinage output spans barely a decade, making any surviving example a direct artifact of one of the more violent episodes in the Yuan dynasty's unraveling.