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The Han Coin That Bought the Silk Road

The Han Coin That Bought the Silk Road

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When the Han Empire minted the wuzhu coin in 118 BC, it didn't just standardize currency—it created the first truly imperial money system in Chinese history. This episode traces the wuzhu's remarkable 739-year run from Han Wudi to the Tang dynasty, showing how a simple bronze coin with a hole became the backbone of Silk Road trade, state finance, and daily life. We explore the engineering of the coin itself—its exact weight, the copper-tin-lead alloy, the square hole that allowed strings of 1,000 coins to count as official units—and the brutal politics behind its creation: the execution of counterfeiters, the state monopoly on minting, and Sang Hongyang's economic reforms. We also follow the wuzhu beyond China's borders into Central Asia, where it turned up in hoards from the Tarim Basin to the Ferghana Valley, and ask: what made this coin last when every other ancient currency collapsed? The answer lies in its simplicity, consistency, and the sheer scale of the Han economy it served. #HanDynasty #ChineseHistory #AncientEconomy #WuzhuCoin #SilkRoadTrade #SangHongyang #Numismatics #HanWudi #MonetaryHistory #AncientChina #Coinage #BronzeCoin #CentralAsia #EconomicHistory #StateMonopoly #History #FexingoHistory #AncientTrade Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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