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Each state of the fragmented Zhou dynasty territory minted its own money, which is why these coins are often referred to as &#8220;state coins&#8221; or <em>guobu<\/em> \u570b\u5e03 in Chinese numismatics. The most common types of coins, and the longest in circulation, were shovel-shaped coins (<em>bubi<\/em> \u5e03\u5e63 or <em>buqian<\/em> \u5e03\u9322) and knife-shaped coins  (<em>daobi<\/em> \u5200\u5e63 or <em>daoqian<\/em> \u5200\u9322). <\/p>\n<p>The coin in the photo is an example of a coin in the shape of a shovel with a flat handle. Flat-handled shovels are slightly later than their predecessors with a hollow handle and date from the Warring States Period, when they appeared in various forms in individual countries. By far the most common type of these coins were the &#8220;shovels with square feet&#8221; (<em>fangzu bu<\/em> \u65b9\u8db3\u5e03), minted between 350 and 250 B.C. They are characterised by angular legs and angular shoulders, as we can see on the coin in the photo. On the obverse of the coin there is usually a central vertical line, and on the reverse, there are three lines arranged in bundles, as on the present specimen. Shovels of this type are usually associated with the states of Han \u6f22, Zhao \u8d99, Liang \u6881, and Yan \u71d5, and the largest known deposits of these coins are in what are now the provinces of Jilin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, and Zhejiang, and even Inner Mongolia. The specimen in question is covered with a thick layer of corrosion, so that the characters on it are illegible or very difficult to see. 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