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5 Zhu - Shen Chong
| Issuer | China (ancient) |
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| Year | 322-324 |
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| Value | 5 Zhu |
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| Obverse lettering | 五朱 (Translation: Wu Zhu / 5 Zhu) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Shen Chong's usurpation lasted barely three years. A Jin dynasty general who seized the eastern capital Jianye in 322, he was crushed by Wang Dun before his regime could consolidate, making his coin issues among the shortest-lived of any claimant in the Eastern Jin period. Surviving examples are scarce precisely because the mint had so little time to operate.
Hartill 10.13 is known for inconsistent casting quality — not unusual given the circumstances of a regime producing coins while simultaneously fighting for its existence.