Zhao Wu Tong Bao  / Blank. 24mm, 3.64 grams. Cast 1678 AD. Hartill 21.107

The rebel Wu Sangui controlled much of the southern and western China by 1674 and offered a real threat to the dominance of the newly established Qing. Wu Sangui accepted the Imperial title Zhou Wu in March 1678 and declared the foundation of a new Zhou dynasty, but died of dysentery in October 1678.

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