Which dynasty in Chinese history used cloth to mint coins?

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Cloth coins are shovel-shaped copper coins that circulated in the Central Plains during the Spring and Autumn Period of China and the Warring States Period. Cloth means linen, and linen is also one of the medium of exchange. When copper coins appeared, people still called copper coins cloth because they were affected by long-term habits.

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There are two main types of cloth coins, which are empty and flat. Here the empty head cloth is divided into arc-foot empty head cloth and point-foot empty head cloth. Flat head cloth is divided into pointed foot cloth, square foot cloth, round foot cloth, bridge foot cloth, square foot cloth, acute angle cloth, round foot cloth, three-hole cloth, long cloth, etc.

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Ancient paper money refers to the paper money printed with denominations of value in the pre-Qing Dynasty, which is a currency symbol that acts as a means of circulation and payment.

Paper money began in the Northern Song Dynasty "Jiaozi". Its prototype is the white deer skin coin of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and its root is the "flying money" of the Tang Dynasty with the nature of a bill of exchange, which has been used by successive dynasties after the form of paper money, thus gradually becoming the unique style of China's paper money, which has influenced the currency form of many neighboring countries.

The composition of China's ancient banknotes is basically rectangular, different sizes, printed with a unified copperplate on paper, and there are the drawer's imprint, the code of the flower, the vermilion and ink intermittent, and the three-color overprint; Some also have layouts, patterns, and patterns; Some are printed with the issuing authority, ** charge, number, exchange, seal, etc.; Some are printed in Mongolian and Chinese, and the calligraphy characters are different.

The coin material of China's ancient banknotes originally originated from cloth and cowhide, white deer skin, and cotton paper was used in the later period, but the coin materials of China's ancient banknotes were basically mulberry paper.

Cloth coin, a bronze currency in circulation during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The shape is like today's shovel, so it is also called shovel coin. It was a shrinking evolution of the farm tool foil at that time. The cloth coins in the early days of the god preparation still retain the shape of the foil, and the first empty can be handled, so it is also called the empty first cloth.

It is named after the shape of the cloth coin: empty head pointed foot cloth (shrug), flat bottom empty head cloth, flat shoulder empty head cloth, oblique shoulder empty head cloth, special-shaped cloth, square foot cloth, round head cloth, three-hole cloth, etc. The empty head cloth casting text is inseparable from the traditional culture of Yin Shang rolling.

Its inscription has similarities with oracle bones. Only the shrugging shoulders and pointed-footed empty head cloth are mostly plain faces, and other cloth coins have inscriptions: place names, currency denominations, dry branches, etc.

There are single-word, double-word, and multi-word casting. For example, the oblique shoulder arc foot empty head is clothed: "Wu", "An", "Lushi", "Sanchuan", etc.; Cloth, Chu State Casting Bank has "Shu Bu Dang Xin" and "Four Cloth Dang Xin" long cloth.

The cloth coins used by the countries of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty are different, such as the Zhao State Mint Line pointed foot cloth, the place name of Qian Wen Duoji, and there are also the value of the increased era of the coin, "Lin", "Evil Mountain", "Jinyang Half", etc., the Zhao State coinage is shaped like a round head, round shoulder, round file, round foot, Qian Wen Duoji location, "away from the stone" and so on. Wei State cast line cloth, the head is flat, round shoulders (or flat shoulders), round files, square feet. Money, culture, and value.

Generally, it is divided into two, one and half three, "Jinyang three", "Jinyang one", "Jinban" and so on. Qin Shi Huang unified China, scrap cloth, knives and other coins. Wang Mang once imitated cloth currency currency.

Cloth coins can be divided into two categories, namely empty and flat. Among them, the empty head cloth can be divided into flat shoulder arc foot empty head cloth, oblique shoulder arc foot empty head cloth, shrugging shoulder pointed foot empty head cloth; Flat head cloth can be divided into cloth cloth, acute angle cloth, square foot cloth, pointed foot cloth, round foot cloth, three-hole such as coarse trouser cloth. The chisel of the arc foot empty first cloth is longer, and ends at the junction with the money body, and there is a triangular nail hole, and there is a fan core in the chisel.

The lower part of the body is slightly wider, with a circumference, and the foot is concave and arc-shaped. It can be divided into two subtypes: flat shoulders and oblique shoulders (or "hanging shoulders").

Flat shoulders and arc feet empty head cloth. There are three types: large, medium, and small. The oblique shoulders are arced and the feet are empty.

The two shoulders of the cloth body are slanted downward, because it is called the oblique shoulder arc foot empty first cloth, or called "shaved shoulder empty first cloth", "hanging shoulder empty first cloth". This kind of different name is not appropriate. There are also large and small types.

In March 1980, 1,789 pieces were unearthed in Huazhuang Village, Liuquan Township, Yiyang, Henan Province, with a length of 78 88 mm and a foot distance of 45-51 mm. For small ones, the face text is mostly place names. It is about 70 mm long, 40 mm wide and weighs about 13 grams.

Common noodles include "Wu", "Lushi" (now Lushi County, Henan Province), "Sanchuan Qi" and so on. It is generally believed that the stool was burned and cast no later than the late Spring and Autumn period. A large tomb in the middle of the Warring States period in Luoyang, Henan Province has been unearthed, and it is known that it may be used until the middle of the Warring States period.

According to the above two subtypes of arc foot empty first cloth mainly unearthed in the Luoyang area of Henan Province, it is inferred that it is the coinage of Zhou Wangji and adjacent areas.

This province and city that used cloth as money was the Sichuan Gorge Soviet District, because this area lacked the Daolin paper needed to make paper money at that time, but it had a lot of cloth resources, so it is said that cloth coins were used as the currency at that time in order to save the first aid.

The reason why coins made of cloth were built was that due to the shortage of paper money at that time, the required Dowling paper had to be made from cloth with abundant resources. In fact, the first time the cloth was made into coins was not the Sichuan Gorge Soviet** at that time, before the Northern Song Dynasty, people used the currency of trading has always been made of cloth, until later with the development of smelting technology, it was gradually replaced by metal money, and after so long again, it did not have to appear again in the Soviet**, only to know that later because the cloth currency has never kept up with the trend of the times, and then was abandoned, it became the current banknotes and coins.

In fact, during that period, in addition to the issuance of cloth coins, there were also a small number of silver coins being issuedFor example, there is also a silver coin made by the Sichuan Gorge Provincial Mint in the archives of Chengdu, which also has a history of nearly 100 years.

Because it was issued during a special period, it also played a significant role in history. At that time, this cloth currency stabilized the economy of the Soviet Union, and at the same time, by using the currency as a propaganda tool and printing propaganda slogans on it, it was widely accepted by the people, and played a certain role in stabilizing people's hearts.

Because for some areas, paper is more precious, and cloth is overflowing. If some small amounts of money are made from paper, the value of the paper even exceeds the face value of the currency, so cloth is more suitable.

At that time, the reason why coins were made from cloth was because there was a lack of paper to make coins in the area at that time, but there was a lot of cloth, so cloth was used to make coins for the time being.

Because the development of coins has gone through a long stage, the use of cloth to make coins was the practice before the invention of paper money.

Pre-Qin shellfish, bone shellfish, copper shellfish.

Pre-Qin. The cloth is the original empty first cloth.

Shrugging shoulders and pointed-footed empty head.

Flat-shouldered, lone-footed, empty headcloth.

Cloth square foot cloth.

Three-hole cloth pre-Qin. Knife.

Qi knife (3-6 characters).

Pre-Qin. Ring money.

Round money ant nose money.

Qin. Half a tael.

Almost all cloth coins are from the pre-Qin period!!

Cloth currency is the earliest currency issued and circulated in ancient China, just like the RMB we use now for a purpose, when buying the items you need, you can use cloth currency to exchange.

This is in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people in order to facilitate transactions, so the cloth currency was issued, and the cloth currency at that time was designed, but also the use of people usually in the agricultural tools to build, to build, at the beginning of the cloth currency is relatively large and heavy, do not use carrying, and then slowly improve after that, it is getting thinner and thinner. It has been improved until the renminbi we use now.

Cloth coins are rarely seen in ordinary times, especially the earliest cloth coins are estimated to be scarce, too old, and they were born in the war period, and those who can be preserved are also lucky.

Cloth coins have become a collection of treasures in modern times, and many people want to start, but the probability is too small, and they can be seen at some auctions.