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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 8133518, member: 75799&quot;]Western Han Dynasty. Han Wudi 漢武帝。141-87BC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Shanglin Sanguan (上林三官) Wu Zhu 五銖 Clay mother mould。Extraordinarily large specimen with 20 fully intact wu zhu impressions. Very rare more so in this size and condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>This extraordinary specimen is an uncommonly large Wu Zhu mother mould used during the Han Dynasty of ancient China to create impressions for casting of coins. Unlike normal moulds,&nbsp; mother moulds were meant to create multiple production moulds hence the protruded and sharp details. Once used to a reasonable frequency, they are destroyed and broken off. Hence whilst smaller and crude mould pieces exists, mother moulds are very rare more so with a significant number of clear impressions still intact such as this specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin minted from these were the earlier Wu Zhu of the Western Han Dynasty. This is recognized by the sharp 五 strokes that made them almost triangular as opposed to the more rounded curves of the later Western and Eastern Han issues. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416926[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1416927[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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