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5 Zhu - Wu Zhu with radiate lines
| Issuer | Southern dynasties |
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| Year | 523-549 |
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| Value | 5 Zhu |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (523-549) |
| Additional information |
The iron wu zhu series of the Southern Liang dynasty emerged from a metals crisis: bronze had become too strategically valuable to mint freely, and the court under Emperor Wu authorized iron as a substitute currency. The result was predictably chaotic — iron coins corroded rapidly, were easily counterfeited, and circulated alongside dozens of competing private and official issues of wildly inconsistent weight. The radiate lines on this variety are a decorative elaboration whose precise regulatory or workshop origin remains unresolved in the literature.