Heavy treasure refers to ancient coins, which were first cast in the first year of Ganyuan in Tang Suzong (758). There are two legal rules for dry yuan money: one is to treat dry yuan as ten yuan; The other is when fifty yuan is a heavy treasure. This kind of money has a double circle on the back, so it is called heavy yuan money. There are many dried ingots handed down, especially Xiaoping money, which is second only to Kaiyuan money.
As a copper coin minted and issued by China in the Tang Dynasty, Gan Yuan Chongbao can be divided into "Gan Yuan Chongbao" and "Heavy Wheel Gan Yuan Chongbao". Because the official price is higher than that of Kaiyuan Baotong, and the exchange rate is high, it was issued in the first year, so it was called "Gan Yuan Chongbao". Folk commonly known as "dry yuan big style"
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In July of the first year, Cheng invited him to vote for "Heavy Treasure" in the suggestion, taking a heavy treasure as the first of the tenth century. Gan Yuan Chongbao Qian Jing is 2.7 cm in diameter and weighs 5.97 grams. This is Qian Wen's official script, which was read in sequence. Its calligraphy is exquisite, with bare back leaning on the moon, rosefinch, wearing auspicious clouds or stars.
In the second year of Gan Yuan, the government minted Heavy Treasure Heavy Wheel Money, which was called "Heavy Wheel Money" because the back of the money was double-decked, and one was used as Kaiyuan Bao Tong Fifty Articles. The heavy ship Qian Qian is 3.5 cm in diameter, and it is an official script of Qian Wen. Read it in order.
These two kinds of "heavy treasures" continue to depreciate in the issuance. Ganyuan Chongbao recycled the money to the next year and replaced it with a thirty. Kaiyuan Bao Tong small flat money and ten for ten, and then changed to dry yuan heavy treasure to re-circulate big flat money with one for three, until one to one was exercised.
Because Gan Yuan Chongbao and Kaiyuan Bao Tong circulate at the same time, people often collect Kaiyuan Bao Tong with high copper content and try their best to promote Gan Yuan Chongbao, resulting in the phenomenon that "bad money drives out good money".
After Gan Yuan Chongbao was issued, it not only failed to save the financial difficulties of the imperial court, but also caused serious inflation. The price of rice soared to 7,000 yuan, and a large number of people starved to death. Historical records record that "prices are soaring, and people are living in poverty." Therefore, this monetary reform has been criticized by the ruling and opposition parties.
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