bronze Small Huo Quan of Wang Mang (9-23 AD), China (Hartill #9.37)

Two large Chinese characters Huo Quan ("sping of goods"), single rim around the central hole, raised outside rim / Blank. 20mm, 1.29 grams. Hartill #9.37.This is a later, smaller coin (the size of these Huo Quans declined from about 15 grams after the monetary reform to about 1 gram by the end of the reign of Wang Mang). This is the small-sized type.Wang Mang (45 BC 6 October 23 AD), was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded the Xin (or Hsin, meaning "new") Dynasty, ruling AD 923. The Han dynasty was restored after his overthrow and his rule marks the separation between the Western Han Dynasty (before Xin) and Eastern Han Dynasty (after Xin). Some historians have traditionally viewed Wang as a usurper, while others have portrayed him as a visionary and selfless social reformer. Though a learned Confucian scholar who sought to implement the harmonious society he saw in the classics, his efforts ended in chaos.This coin is unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic.

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