China 5 zhu -90 (Wu Zhu, Western Han Dynastie) 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
3729061
Area
Coins
Title
China 5 zhu -90 (Wu Zhu, Western Han Dynastie)
Country
China
Face value
5 zhu
Year
-90
Variety / overstrike
Era
China - Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 7 AD and 23-25)
Head of State
Wudi van China (140-87)
Type
Coin
Designer
Unknown
Series
Theme
No
Material
Bronze
Weight
Diameter
26
Thickness
1
Punch
Medal alignment
Shape
Round with square hole
Obverse
Reverse
Edge
Plain
Privy mark
None
Mint mark
None
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
KM#
Catalogue number
Hartill# 8.9
Details

On the front Chinese Wu Zhu in stamp writing (reading direction: right, left). This is one of the longest-issued coins ever (from 118 BC to 618 AD). The success story of this coin lies in the need for the emperors to stabilize the economy by introducing a "single currency" after the failed totalitarian and chaotic market economy. from Qin Dynasty. The Wu Zhu were created exclusively until the appointment of the usurper Wang Mang, AD 7-25. His introduction of a number of different coins had a bad effect on the economy so that with his demise and with the recovery of the Han, the Wu Zhu was put back into circulation.

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