Ancient ingots are divided into several materials, and what materials are ancient coins made of

In addition to the common use of copper as the main material of coins, ancient coinage also used iron, lead, silver, gold and other materials, and later developed into paper money.

Raw materials: The coinage officially issued in ancient China was made of low-value metals such as copper and iron as the main raw materials, but the situation of various types of ancient coins was different, so in terms of materials, in addition to a large number of copper and iron coins, there were also gold, silver, tin, lead and other metals cast, as well as jade, stone, wood, mussels, bone, tortoiseshell and clay and other different materials made of coins.

Coin shape

The ancient currency system is very complex, and there are no less than dozens of coins used as currency, such as copper, lead, iron, gold, silver, jade, turtles, shellfish, livestock, leather, grain, paper, etc. But the basic form that has been followed for thousands of years is the square hole round copper coin, and its standard style is the Western Han Dynasty Yuan Hunt five baht, Shanglin Sanguan Qian and the early Tang Dynasty Kaiyuan Tongbao, the weight is moderate, the weight is about 4 grams, and the meat is good all have Zhou Guo. In addition, there are also round round holes, round no holes, spade-shaped, knife-shaped, rectangular (money cards), irregular oval and other forms.

The same money, and the size, weight, composition, material, variety, money text, money back symbols, there is Guo or no Guo, heavy wheel, heavy good, four out, decisive text, transmission and other differences, there are two or more kinds of coexistence phenomenon, there are many names, too many to mention.

The most common form of copper money is the small flat money, that is, a penny of small money, also known as the flat money, it is the smallest monetary unit in the era of copper money, its diameter is about centimeters, weighs about 3-4 grams, and it is folded.

Second, fold. 3. Fold.

Fifth, when. 10. When two.

10. When three. 10. When four.

10. When 50 or even 100 or 1,000 dollars.

The above content refers to Encyclopedia - Ancient Coins.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was called "silver cake" and "silver wat", in the Song and Jin dynasties, it was called "silver ingot", and in the Yuan dynasty, it was called "ingot". At this time, the word "ingot" contains the meaning of "treasure of the Yuan Dynasty". In the Ming and Qing dynasties, ** circulated as the main currency, and ingots prevailed.

The ingots we see today are especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Now most of the Ming Dynasty silver ingots are used as the representative shape of Chinese silver ingots. The silver ingots that appear in movies and television are all artistically processed on this basis. It is known that the largest silver ingot in the Ming Dynasty weighed 500 taels.

The Qing Dynasty had the most variety of silver ingots. Each region has its own representative shape. In general, there are ingot-shaped, round, rectangular, weight-shaped, waist-shaped, archway-shaped, etc.

After the silver ingots are cast, they are appraised by the Public Adjusters and Adjusters and their weight and fineness are marked with an ink pen. The fineness of silver ingots in the Ming and Qing dynasties is generally between 95 and 98, and the appearance has a special luster and warmth of silver. Due to the residual gas in the fan during casting, there are irregular gas cavities at the bottom of the silver ingots, commonly known as honeycombs.

Yuanbao originated in the Tang Dynasty, and in the early days of the Tang Dynasty (780 783), there was a record of using ** to pay for large horse money (to pay a large amount of money for buying horses); It is also confirmed from the unearthed treasures that there were silver "cakes" and "collars" in the Tang Dynasty, that is, boat-shaped "silver collars" that resemble a boat on the back and a desk (table) on the back. The "silver collar" is called "ingot" from the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty three years to the Pinghuai Treasury (at that time the national silver treasury) of the ** melting into the "ingot", where the weight of 50 two, the name said:

"Yuanbao", which means "treasure of the Yuan Dynasty".

In fact, the real ingots in ancient times were not what we see today. The middle part of the real ingots does not have a protruding shape, and the color is not golden yellow but silver. It has evolved into what it is today, perhaps because its original shape is a bit like a coffin, which is deeply avoided by people.

On the other hand, in order to make the shape of the ingots beautiful, the color is brighter, so it has become the appearance of today's ingots.

You can buy Li Xiaoping's "The Collection and Appreciation of Ingots" or Jin Deping's "Catalogue of Chinese Historical Silver Ingot Books".

Ingot is a kind of currency in ancient times, made of precious **or**, generally**most, **rare. In the history of Chinese currency, gold and silver are officially called"Ingots", which began in the Yuan Dynasty. However, as early as the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, when the Kaiyuan Tongbao was in the world, the folk had the meaning of taking its huge and valuable, and read it as a rotation"Open ingots"Target.

And the Yuan Dynasty called gold and silver money"Ingots", is the meaning of the treasure of the Yuan Dynasty, ** called: gold ingots, silver ingots are called silver ingots, which has both political meaning and a common name for gold and silver currency.

The ingots of the Qianlong era have those kinds of help staff, I have a sterling silver Daqing Treasury, the bottom is engraved with Daqing Silver, and this Qianlong is written on it.

Copper coins, loose silver, and gold bars know these three types.