The historical origin of ancient monetary research

China's research on ancient currency has a long history. Qian Pu, written by Xiao Liang Shigu, is the earliest monograph on monetarism in China. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, people compiled money charts, but they were all lost. Only in the Southern Song Dynasty did Hong Zun write Quan Zhi. After the Qing Dynasty, epigraphy was very popular. There are more and more works on the study of ancient money, such as Records of Jinji Society, Gu Quan Collection by Li Zuoxian and Xu Quanji by Li Zuoxian and Bao Kang. After 19 1 1 year, the collection and research scope expanded from copper coins to paper money, silver ingots and silver rings. From the late 1930s to the early 1940s, the Coin Society and two special issues on coins appeared in Shanghai. The Dictionary of Ancient Money published by Ding Yu 1936 is the representative work of ancient money spectrum since Qing Dynasty. The study of ancient coins for more than 1000 years mainly focuses on the collection, identification and textual research of coin data, including the shape, size, weight, material, Qian Wen, mark, year of manufacture, passage area, authenticity and so on. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the study of ancient currency entered a new stage. Ancient currency is regarded as an important historical material of economic history. By studying its origin, development and changes, we can understand the commodity circulation and financial situation in ancient times, and provide clues for studying and understanding ancient politics, society, culture and foreign relations. Due to the great progress in archaeological work of cultural relics, a considerable number of valuable new materials have been discovered, which greatly broadens the horizons of researchers. 1982 China numismatic society was established and China numismatic magazine was published.