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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2748368, member: 78244&quot;]Because free money, of any kind, is good money. I studied a hoard of Wu Zhus that was lost ca 500 AD, and 90-95% had metal clipped from them to some degree (some so much so that all that was left was the inner rim!). Some rulers and private minters saw and seized the opportunity to cast coins to appear that they had already been clipped so that they could get a higher value for them by using less metal. It usually did not work and the government died soon after.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cast by the state of Chu during the Warring States Period. The most accurate date I have is 400-220 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was likely cast by the (later) state of Zhou (which evolved from the state of Jin) between 350-220 BC. This was during the Warring States period, and the Zhou Dynasty had pretty mich ceased to exist by this point.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cast by the state of Chu during the Warring States Period. The most accurate date I have is 400-220 BC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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