Two large Chinese characters Wu Zhu (=5 zhus), bar above hole / Blank, 24mm, 2.15 grams. Gratzer/Fishman "One thousand years of Wu Zhu coinage" #B1.64b (B1.46 of Emperor Xuan Di (73-49 BC) with the outside filed down); Hartill #10.17 (sic). 

Coins without the outer rim were commonly called "nu qian" ("female coin"). This general type is pictured in Hartill (#10.17), though the description there is incorrect.

Numerous filed Western Han coins are known. Most are filed from the outside, with a filed outer rim. Some are filed from the inside as well, with an enlarged or modified hole. The dating of these coins is uncertain - the actual type is a wu zhu cast during the reign of Emperor Xuan Di (73-49 BC) (G/F #B1.46), but it was filed down some time later, during the late Western Han period or perhaps during the massive disturbances and the civil war during the reign of Wang Mang.

The Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 CE) was the second imperial dynasty of China. It was founded by the peasant rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty (9-23 CE) of the former regent Wang Mang. This interregnum separates the Han into two periods: the Western Han (206 BC-9 CE) and Eastern Han (25-220 CE). Spanning over four centuries, the period of the Han Dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese history. To this day, China's majority ethnic group refers to itself as the "Han people".

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