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5 Qian - Zhizheng Zhibao
| Issuer | Yuan Dynasty |
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| Year | 1350-1368 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 至 寶 之 正 (Translation: Zhi Zheng Zhi Bao Zhizheng (4th era of Toghon Temür, 1341-1368) / The currency) |
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| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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The Zhizheng Zhibao series was issued during the terminal decline of the Yuan Dynasty, as the Mongol-founded imperial house lost effective control over vast stretches of China to Red Turban rebel forces. By the 1350s, the dynasty was issuing increasingly large bronze cash in a desperate attempt to fund military campaigns — a monetary expansion that accelerated rather than solved the fiscal crisis. This 5-qian piece represents the upper end of that denomination range.
Hartill 19.124 is among the larger and heavier denominations in the Zhizheng sequence, a series that also included paper currency counterparts that had long since collapsed in public confidence by the time these bronzes were struck.