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7-23 Wang Mang Xin Dynasty Huoquan Hartill 9.34

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7-23 Wang Mang Xin Dynasty Huoquan Hartill 9.34
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7-23 Chinese Wang Mang Xin dynasty 5 Zhu bronze coin, obverse lettering Huo Quan, Hartill 9.34, D: 24 mm, 3.60 grams. 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.