During the reign of Emperor Zhao in the Western Han Dynasty (86 BC-74 BC), everything was cautious and conservative, foreign wars basically ended, domestic production was encouraged, and the economic situation was better than that in the last years of Emperor Wu. The size of Zhao Di's five baht is the same as that of Emperor Wudi's three officials, but its weight is lighter than that of Emperor Xuandi. Judging from the calligraphy, Qian Wen's "five" character has changed greatly, and its overall shape is slender. The intersection of the two sides of the word "V" becomes curved, and the ends of the two strands converge obviously, which is longer up and down and connected with the outer fruit; The word "Zhu" in "Zhu" has a square prefix and a triangle next to the word "Jin", which is obviously lower than the word "Zhu". It is higher and narrower outside the plane, but slightly lower than the five baht in counties and counties and the five baht in three officials, showing signs of crossing the horizontal or half-star. The copper color is deep red, and the casting process is slightly rougher than that of the three official coins.
After Zhao, he reigned for twenty-four years (73-49 BC), which was the golden age of the Western Han Dynasty. At the same time, international trade is also very developed, and it is also the highest peak of the Western Han Dynasty. Therefore, every year, money is invested, issued quickly, and quickly returned to the state treasury. By the end of Xuan Di, the national treasury had more than 8 billion yuan. The five baht in Xuan Di was cast during the Xuan Di period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The copper, shape, character and casting of money have reached the perfect level. Qian Wen's brushwork is tall and straight, giving people a sense of comeliness and detachment. The Chinese character "Wu" is bent horizontally and crossed vertically beyond the end of the pen. The prefix "Zhu" is mostly isosceles triangle, which is lower than the word "Zhu". In addition, there is another feature, that is, the peripheral part of money is inclined from the outside to the inside. There are two kinds of money: 2.5 cm in diameter and 2.6 cm in diameter. The most common ones are 1.5 mm in thickness, 10 mm in width, 3.5 g in weight and 1.5-2 mm in surface thickness. This kind of money is the widest among the five baht in the Han Dynasty. Its shape is neat, the meat surface is smooth, the money inside and outside is slightly higher than the money meat, and the thickness is consistent. Xuan Di coinage is famous for its neatness and honesty, which occupies a high position in the Western Han Dynasty.
Small five baht was first cast in Ding Yuan for four years (BC 1 13), commonly known as "corn money" and "goose money", so it was named because of its small size. Among the coins unearthed in the Western Han Dynasty, there are small five-baht coins recorded in the documents of the Han Dynasty, which come from tombs or sites in the Western Han Dynasty. Among them, the excavation of the No.1 tomb of Emperor Xuandi Lingdu of the Han Dynasty is an example with an exact date. Money is also called "grinding five baht" and "cutting five baht". When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first cast five baht, "Zhou Guo was the quality" to prevent traitors from grinding copper from the back of money and melting it. However, in the late Western Han Dynasty, another kind of shearing wheel appeared-five baht, which was a coin that polished ordinary five baht to reduce its weight. In fact, this five baht is the most suitable.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, when he became an emperor and mourned for the emperor, social contradictions were sharp, famine followed, and the monetary system was in chaos. At this time, the five-baht cut began to appear.
Cutting five baht is a product of the chaotic era of monetary system, which has been unearthed in Shaogou, Luoyang and Western Han tombs excavated in Luoyang.
1980 A gold five baht was found under the Tuyuan in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. The money is 2.6 cm in diameter, 0.2 mm thick and weighs 9 grams. The front and back cover the Guo, slightly wider than the back, and the square face is painted horizontally. The regular script of "Five baht" is neat, the intersection line of "Five" is arc-shaped, and the upper and lower horizontal lines are long. The prefix of "Zhu" is square folded in half, and the prefix of "Jin" is triangular, which is exquisite in production and golden in color. It is a rare treasure.
Five Packages of Yongping and Five Packages of Yong 'an were cast in Yong 'an, Xiao Zhuang for two years (529); In 540, in the sixth year of Datong in West Wei Wendi, "Five baht in Datong" was cast, which looked like "Five baht in Yong 'an". In the early days of Xiao Liang, he had cast "five baht"; In the fourth year of Tianbao, Wen Xuandi, Northern Qi Dynasty (553), "Changping Five baht" was cast. In 58 1 year, after the unification of the Sui Dynasty, five baht was cast, ending the chaotic situation of the monetary system for more than 100 years. In the fourth year of Tang Wude (62 1), he cast "Kaiyuan Baotong Money" and wasted five baht. Five baht coins have been in circulation for more than 700 years, which is the largest number of coins minted and the longest circulation time in the history of China.