nscriptions: 榮縣-Zong County, (The crossed flags shown on the obverse are both a Five-Color Flag (五色旗) which generally used by the revolutionary parties before the founding of the Republic of China in 1912, and was the national flag of the country before 1920). 欠伍-Lack of 5 (Wen), which means to be circulated as 5 Wen.
Zong County of Szechuan Province declared independence from the Qing Dynasty at the 25th day, 9th month, 3rd year of Hsuan Tung (1911), a military government initiated by the members of 同盟會 (The Allied Association) was then taking over the regime of the county. This county became the first local government advocating the revolution against the Manchu ruler which declared independence. The revolution occurred 15 days after the independence of Zong County, and the Qing government was eventually overthrown.
Immediately after the outbreak of the revolution, in 1912, the major two revolutionary forces in Szechuan, i.e., 大漢軍政府 (The Great Han's Military Government) and 蜀軍政府 (Szechun Military Government), were merged. The military government of Zong County which only had a troop of 5,000 soldiers supported the merger, the military county government and their armies were dismissed. This lead coin was issued before the dismissal, and for the time being, the only one known to exist.
