China is the first country in the world to use coins. 3000 years ago, many "copper-free shells" were unearthed in tombs in the late Yin and Shang Dynasties, which were the most primitive metal coins.
By the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, in addition to shell coins, there were also some metal weighing coins such as loose copper blocks and copper ingots without a certain shape, which were also unearthed in archaeological excavations. China coins in world record association, China, created and broke a number of the best in the world and the best in China.
Second, coins
Bao Tong Gan Long 1
Qianlong Bao Tong was the currency in circulation during Qianlong period. During the 60 years of Emperor Qianlong's reign, he exerted the general plan of "ruling the country with literature" and created the last moderns in feudal society. Later, it was widely rumored that wearing the "Qianlong Bao Tong" copper coin could ward off evil spirits, and it was also loved by later collectors because of its homonym with Qianlong.
This coin was cast in the reign of Emperor Gaozong in the Qing Dynasty (1736- 1795), and the back of the coin is full of complicated characters with detailed price and coin rubbings on it. Gan Long Bao Tong coins are about 25mm in diameter and weigh about 3g.
The thousand-face character "Gan Long Bao Tong" is a regular script, and its characters are read directly from top to bottom and from right to left. There is a word "Bao" on the left side of Yongzheng Manchu-style money-type tooth hole, and the names of various bureaus are cast on the right side of the tooth hole. Money has different shapes and sizes in different periods.
2. Daguan Bao Tong
Daguan Bao Tong is an annual coin minted by Zhao Ji, Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, during Daguan period (A.D. 1 107 to 1 10). It has many formats, such as Xiaoping, Fold 2, Fold 3 and Fold 10.
3. Kaiyuan Bao Tong
Kaiyuan Bao Tong was the currency of the Tang Dynasty. Coins began to have "Bao Tong" in the Tang Dynasty. In the early Tang Dynasty, the use of Sui five baht was easy and confusing. In the fourth year of Wude in Tang Gaozu, in order to rectify the chaotic monetary system, waste Sui money and imitate the strict norms of five baht in the Western Han Dynasty, it began to cast "Kaiyuan Bao Tong" to replace the remaining five baht in society.
The original "Kaiyuan Bao Tong" was inscribed by calligrapher Ou Yangxun with the inscription "Kaiyuan Bao Tong". The shape of the inscription still follows Qin's round money, and it is stipulated that every ten articles weigh one or two, and the weight of each article is called one yuan, and the weight of a thousand articles is six pounds and four liang.
4. Yongping Yuanbao
Yongping Yuanbao is one of the ancient Chinese coins. It was cast in the period of Wang Jian and Yongping in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (9 1 1 ~ 9 15).
The layout of Yongping Yuanbao is small flat money, which is divided into large sample [early stage] and small sample [late stage]. The casting workers are not skilled and their writing is rough. Qian Wen Yongping Yuanbao is an official script, which is read in turn; However, the word "Yongping" is close to the real book, and the word "Ping" is vertical and thick.
It is about 2.3 cm in diameter and weighs about 3 grams. I have a flat back with a moon in it. No big money and lead and tin coins. Among the five kinds of annual coins cast by Wang Jian, Yongping Yuanbao is handed down from generation to generation, which is extremely rare. This is an exquisite "Yongping Bao Tong" penny handed down from generation to generation, which was forged by Annan.
Yongping Yuanbao is a rare treasure handed down from generation to generation, and it is rated as one of the 50 treasures of ancient coins in China.
5. tiancheng yuanbao
Tiancheng Yuanbao was the currency of Li Siyuan in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and the Ming Dynasty. The day of "Tiancheng Yuanbao" became the title of Li Siyuan, Ming Di in the late Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. During the Tiancheng period (926-929), the inferior coins cast by waste aluminum and tin in the Ming Dynasty were cast into "Tiancheng Yuanbao".
This kind of money is exquisitely made and the characters are very distinctive. Money is about 2.3 cm in diameter and weighs about 3.4 grams. The words "Tiancheng Yuanbao" are read from top to bottom.
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