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50 Cash - Wang Mang First reform, with reverse radiate lines
| Issuer | Xin Dynasty (Wang Mang Interregnum) |
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| Year | 7-23 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse lettering | 大 十 五 泉 (Translation: Da Quan Wu Shi Large coin / 50 (value)) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wang Mang's currency reforms were among the most ambitious — and catastrophically unpopular — monetary interventions in Chinese history. His first reform, announced in 7 AD shortly after seizing the regency, abolished the Han wu zhu coinage and introduced a new denomination hierarchy that the population largely refused to accept. Merchants and commoners continued using the familiar wu zhu in defiance of imperial edict, a resistance so widespread that Wang Mang eventually had to criminalize the possession of old coinage.
The radiate reverse lines on this type are specific to Hartill 9.6 and distinguish it from the plainer issues of the same reform series.