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Yanhuan/Chanhuan 1 Jin
| Issuer | State of Wei (Warring States) |
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| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Circular bronze disc (huan) with a large central round hole. Two archaic Chinese seal-script characters (燕环, 'Yan Huan') cast in shallow relief to the left of the hole, arranged vertically. The legends are rendered in the angular, stylized script typical of Warring States bronzes. The surface shows a slightly convex profile with an irregular, uneven rim characteristic of hand-finished cast coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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Spade money of this type was issued by Wei during the Warring States period, when competing kingdoms maintained entirely separate currency systems as a deliberate assertion of political independence from Zhou and from each other. The *yanhuan* form — with its hollow socket handle and rounded shoulders — is a regional variant tied specifically to Wei's central territories around the Yellow River basin, distinguishing it from the square-shouldered spades of neighboring states.