The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Ancient Chinese coinage
1 5 dynasties , ten kingdoms 1.1 5 dynasties 1.1.1 later liang (907–23) 1.1.2 later tang (923–36) 1.1.3 later jin (936–47) 1.1.4 later han (948–51) 1.1.5 later zhou (951–60) 1.2 ten kingdoms 1.2.1 former shu (907–25) 1.2.2 kingdom of min (909–45) 1.2.3 kingdom of chu (907–51) 1.2.4 later shu (926–65) 1.2.5 southern tang kingdom (937–75) 1.2.6 southern han kingdom (905–71) 1.2.7 crude lead coins 1.2.8 zhou autonomous region (900–14) the 5 dynasties , ten kingdoms obverse , reverse of guang tian yuan bao coin former shu. after collapse of tang in 907, period of disunity ensued known 5 dynasties , ten kingdoms period. 5 officially recognised dynasties ruled consecutively in north (with capitals @ kaifeng or luoyang in henan), while ten different kingdoms held sway @ different times in south. shortage of copper made difficult produce adequate supply of coins. in 955, edict banned holding of bronze utensils: on, except court objects, weapons, official objects , mirrors, , cymbals, bells , ...