Who invented the knife coin in history, and who invented the currency

The Zhao State Knife Coin is small, with a height of about 13 14 centimeters and a weight of about 5 15 grams. The blade and the head of the knife are rounded, and the head of the Qi and Yan knife coins have sharp corners are very different, the handle and the blade are close to vertical, and the front of the knife has "Handan", "White", "Chengbai" and other inscriptions. Handan is the capital of Zhao, and the "white people" are the Bai people, also the Zhao land.

From this, it can be determined that this type of knife is a coin of the Zhao State. Zhao Dao was mostly unearthed in present-day Hebei Lingshou, Shijiazhuang, Handan, Xushui, Yixian, Luanping and Beijing. In addition, it has also been excavated in the northern part of Shanxi and the southern part of Inner Mongolia and Liaoning Province.

From the excavation site, it can be seen that the Zhao knife can also be used in the territory of the Yan Kingdom, and it is often used together with the late Ming knife or a knife round coin, indicating that its passage age should be in the late Warring States period. Lingshou in Hebei Province has unearthed a stone casting fragment of a city white knife, which provides clues for understanding the casting area of some Zhao knives. There is a smaller one in the Zhao knife, the height is only 11 centimeters, the width of the knife is only 1 centimeter, and there is the word "Lin" on the front, which is made by Lin (now Lishi, Shanxi Province).

There is also a smaller Yanyang knife than the Lin knife, with a height of only centimeters, and the face text is "Yanyang New Knife". The word "Yan" was often mistaken for the word "Jin". "Yanyang" is suspected to be the Yuanyang of Xihe County in the Western Han Dynasty, which belonged to Wei in the early Warring States period and later belonged to Zhao.

The shape of this knife is similar to that of Lin Dao, and it is suspected that it was also made by Zhao Guo. The above two types of knives are extremely rare.

Knife coins are a general term for various knife-shaped currencies such as needle-headed knives, sharp-headed knives, Ming knives, Qi knives, and round-headed knives minted during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It gets its name because it is shaped like a knife. The official title of the "knife coin" is "knife coin", which is composed of four parts: the head, the blade, the handle and the ring.

The edge of the knife is outlined, the blade is not outward, to the left but not to the right, the concave back convex blade, the head of the knife is close to the three pictograms, the knife body and the handle are two rectangles of similar size, and the knife ring is round, these geometric shapes are cleverly combined to form a kind of stable and circumferential, plump, rounded image beauty and harmonious beauty. According to actual measurements, the diameter of the knife ring and the length of the knife head are 1:, which is exactly the ratio of the human head to the height.

The length of the entire "knife coin" (generally about 18 centimeters) is almost the length of a human hand, if the six knife coins are connected end to end, they can form a ring, which is the "Zhou Li? "Building the family is sharpened, the length is large, and the six sides are regular". These precise designs and ingenious ideas are the full embodiment of the ingenuity of the ancient working people.

Later, with the expansion of Qi's territory and wars with neighboring countries, the circulation range of Qi's sword coins gradually expanded to the Yan and Zhao regions. At this time, the knife coins formed three series of "Qi Knife", "Yan Knife" and "Zhao Knife" because of the different casting places and different shapes.

The historical conditions of the later period of primitive society provided the following material basis for the invention of copper smelting: first: ...Bronze pots have been used historically from the Shang dynasty to the Han dynasty or later.

There are many shapes of pots, with round, square, 、..The knife coin is modeled after the knife minted, Qi big knife, Yan knife (Ming knife) shell coin--, commonly known as "grimace money" or "ant nose money"...I knew that it was from the Qi country.

Money is slowly created and derived by working people in the process of production and life.

According to archaeological research, ancient items were exchanged for goods, and later everyone felt inconvenient, so they used something as an intermediary, and it is said that primitive societies used shells as intermediates, so shells are the prototype of money.

The function of money:

1. Value scale.

The value scale is a function used to measure and express the value of commodities, and it is the most basic and important function of money.

2. Means of circulation.

Money functions as a medium of exchange for commodities. In the process of exchanging goods, the seller of goods converts goods into money, and then uses the money to buy goods. Here, money plays the role of a medium of exchange, performing the function of a means of circulation.

3. Storage means.

The withdrawal of money from the field of circulation is a function of storing as an independent form of value and a general representation of social wealth. Money is able to perform the function of a store of goods because it is a general equivalent that can be used to buy all commodities, and therefore a store of money is necessary.

4. Means of payment.

The function that money performs when it is a separate form of value for unilateral movements, such as the settlement of debts, the payment of taxes, the payment of wages and rents, etc.

5. World currency.

Money performs the function of a general equivalent on the world market. Due to the occurrence and development of international currency, currency circulation goes beyond the scope of a country and plays a role in the world market, so currency has the function of world currency. As the world's currency, it must be gold and silver of sufficient value, and it must take off the regional cloak of coinage and appear in the shape of gold and silver nuggets.

It is not possible to determine who invented the knife, because the ancients began to use the knife. The knife was a single-edged weapon in ancient times. It consists of a blade and a hilt, with a long blade and a thick ridge and a thin blade, making it suitable for chopping.

In primitive societies, ancient humans used stones, mussel shells, and animal bones to make knives of various shapes. The stones they chose were mostly quartz and sandstone, but also flint and crystal. The stone knives made from these stones are firm and sharp, and they are good chopping tools.

The second is the mussel knife and bone knife made of mussel shells and animal bones, which are light and sharp, and suitable for cutting utensils. Similarly, the ancients not only used knives as labor tools, but also carried them with them as a self-defense.

Books were not invented by any one person, and people used ropes to write down their stories when there were no written words. When there is no paper with words, it is engraved on the bark, leaves, animal skins, animal bones and animal carapaces, and then there are bamboo chips, which are the so-called "simple ce", and the use of fine wood chips is called "version", and there is silk, that is, "silk", hehe, silk is of course much lighter than bamboo, but ordinary people can not afford it! Later, in the Western Han Dynasty (105 AD), Cai Lun invented paper, and soon books in the modern sense began to develop!

With the invention of engraving printing in the Tang Dynasty and the invention of movable type printing and typesetting in the Song and Qing dynasties, the book industry developed faster!

The earliest copper knives were born from stone knives and were small in shape. The earliest bronze weapon found in China is the bronze knife. The bronze knives of the Shang Dynasty had a wide shape and an upturned edge.

In the Neolithic Age, a long time ago, there was an unknown person who invented the stone knife and evolved into a knife.

Knives have been developed for a certain period of time, and people want to invent such tools. So there is no specific earliest ** location at all.

The knife was invented by me, our ancestors.

The knife coin is one of the bronze coins in ancient times, and it is a sword-blue round currency that was used in the Yan Kingdom, Qi Kingdom, Zhao State and Zhongshan Kingdom from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period. "Pipe", "Number of Places", and "Degree" once mentioned "repentance of knife cloth" and "knife coin". The shape of the knife coin evolved from agricultural tools, hand tools, and daily utensils in the Spring and Autumn period.

Types of Knife CoinsFrom the late Spring and Autumn period to the Warring States Period, the sword currency used by the Yan Kingdom, the Qi Kingdom, the Zhao Kingdom, and the Zhongshan Kingdom. The types are:

1. Yan Guo's Mingzi knife, sharp knife, needle knife;

The cavity is correct. Second, the three-character knife of Qi (Qi Fahua knife), four-character knife (Qi Fahua knife), five-character knife (Anyang Fahua and Jimo Fahua knife), six-character knife (Qi Jianbang Changfa knife), as well as Qi Ming knife, Boshan knife, etc.;

3. Zhao State's Gandan knife, white knife, white knife, albino knife, Wang knife, etc.;

Fourth, the city white straight knife and white straight knife of Zhongshan Kingdom, etc.

Fifth, there is a gold wrong knife in the coins minted by Wang Mang's new dynasty.

The knife coin is one of the bronze coins of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Its shape evolved from the Spring and Autumn period's agricultural tools, hand tools, wheels, and daily utensils - knives. The types are different, according to their words or shapes, there are Qi knife, Jimo knife, Anyang knife, Tanbang knife, needle knife, Yan first knife, Ming knife, flat knife, straight knife, etc.

It mainly circulated in Qi, Yan, Zhao and other countries during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Qi Dao is the currency of Qi State. The text on the surface of the coin has the word "Qi", there are three-character knife, four-character knife and six-character knife.

The three-character knife is "Qi Fahua (goods)". The four-character knife is "the legalization of Qi". The six-character knife is "the legalization of Qi to build the state".

"Qi" refers to Linzi, the capital of Qi State. The coin text does not have the core of the word "Qi", there are Jimo knife, Anyang Tongtong sock knife and Tanbang knife.

The sword coin is a bronze coinage that existed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it is one of the many bronze coins. Its shape is based on the Spring and Autumn Period's agricultural tools, handmade sail tools and other commonly used household utensils - knives. There are many types of hailstones, which are classified according to their words or shapes.

The sword currency was mainly used in the Qi, Yan, Zhao and other countries during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, among which the Qi knife was the currency of the Qi State.

Precious ancient coins are goods in the history of money, and they are also witnesses of history. Therefore, it is necessary to figure out its place in history before collecting, for example, "Chengdu Jiaozi" and the "Shiwen Zhongtong Yuanbao Jiao Banknote" found in Hohhot City are the earliest banknotes excavated in China so far, and are regarded as priceless treasures by the academic community. The coins of the short-lived regime are also highly collectible, and the coins minted during the short-lived dynasties or peasant uprisings were very short in circulation and issued in very small quantities, so they are a rare treasure.

For example"Jingkang Tongbao"Jingkang ingots"It is a more rare cultural relic, and it has been identified as a national first-class cultural relic.

Spring and Autumn period.

Introduction: From the late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, the sword currency used by the Yan Kingdom, the Qi Kingdom, the Zhao State and the Zhongshan Kingdom. The types are:

a, Yan Guo's Mingzi knife, sharp knife, needle knife;

b, Qi State's three-character knife (Qi Fahua knife), four-character knife (Qi Fahua knife), five-character knife (Anyang's Fahua and Jimo Fahua knife), six-character knife (Qi Jianbang's Fahua knife), as well as Qi Ming knife, Boshan knife, etc.;

c. Gandan knives, white knives, white knives, albino knives, Wang knives, etc.;

d, Zhongshan country's city white straight knife and white straight knife, etc.

e. There are gold wrong knives in the coins minted by Wang Mang's new dynasty.

Only the currency of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was like this.