The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340 Day 1

Year 7 AD Xin Dynasty Knife Money,in value of 5000 Wu Zhu copper, graded GBCA 80. It is the largest denomination of Chinese ancient coin during the rampant inflation.

公元7年新莽一刀平五千，評公博美品80。 “一刀平五千”為西漢居攝二年至初始元年（公元7-8元年）鑄，系王莽第一次幣制變革之產物。錢體分為環柄和刀身兩部分，環柄為一方孔圓錢，環文上曰“一”，下曰 “刀”，字為陰刻，字陷處填以黃金，並且加以打磨，使字面與錢面平齊。刀身上鑄有陽文“平五千”三字，即表示一枚刀幣價值等於五千枚小平錢。中國歷史上面值最大的古幣之一，新朝嚴重通漲之見證。in value of 5000 Wu Zhu copper, graded GBCA 80. It is the largest denomination of Chinese ancient coin during the rampant inflation.