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5 Zhu 'Eastern Han' type, with dot
| Issuer | China (ancient) |
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| Year | 150-220 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 五銖 (Translation: Wu Zhu, 5 Zhu) |
| Reverse description | Plain uniface reverse displaying only the raised square inner rim surrounding the central square perforation, with no inscription, decoration, or additional device. The flat field shows an even blue-green patina with areas of encrustation and minor surface pitting consistent with age and burial conditions typical of Eastern Han cast bronze coinage. The outer rim is present and well-defined. |
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The dot added to the obverse field of this late Eastern Han wu zhu is not decorative — it almost certainly marks a specific foundry or casting batch, a practice used intermittently across the Han period to track production sources when central monetary authority was fragmenting. By the mid-second century, imperial control over coinage had weakened considerably, with regional warlords and commandery administrators increasingly operating their own casting operations ahead of the collapse that brought the Three Kingdoms period.