What do ancient Chinese coins look like?

There are many types of ancient Chinese coins.

The earliest shell shells.

Next is metal coinage, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period have a variety of shapes (cloth coins.

Knife coins, round money, ant nose money).

And then the First Emperor.

Unified currency, square hole round money.

In the Han Dynasty, it was five baht money.

The Tang Dynasty cast the treasure money Kaiyuan Tongbao.

It was used until the late Qing Dynasty.

Figure 1 below shows the modern imitation for reference.

There are empty first cloth coins (the shape is taken from the farm tool shovel), the knife coin (the shape is taken from the farm tool knife), the round coin (the shape is taken from the spinning wheel), the round square hole money, the round round hole money, the round no hole money, the shellfish coin (stone shell, the jade shell, the mussel shell, the bone shell, the copper shell, the gilt shell, the golden shell), the ant nose money (the shape of the copper coin like the sea shell) gold ingots.

Ancient Chinese coins were generally copper, and then there was a square hole in the middle of the circle, and then the name of the emperor at that time was printed.

There are many forms of ancient coins in China, please check the ancient Chinese coins (picture) and watch them slowly. There are seashells, empty hand cloth, cloth coins, knife coins, square hole coins, gold and silver coins, copper dollars, silver dollars, gold dollars, ingots, etc.

Hello, there are many kinds of ancient Chinese coins, there are shell coins, metal coins, paper money, knife coins, cloth coins, there are half two coins, there are five baht coins, and then there are square hole coins.

There is a wide variety. If you want to know clearly, please buy a copy of the Encyclopedia of Ancient Chinese Coins.

It seems that different dynasties have different looks.

List of the rarest ancient coins in China:

1. Imperial ingots

Jin Dynasty coins, minted during the reign of the emperor (1141-1149), extremely beautifully made. There are not many surviving imperial ingots and seal books. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Shun launched a peasant uprising in 994 to conquer Chengdu.

After Li Shun's death, his subordinates cast a sense of Tongbao, which is rare in the world.

2. Chongqing ingots

Chongqing ingots were cast during the reign of King Chongqing (1212 AD) and were cast in bronze. There are two kinds of ingots and tongbao. Ingot for the seal book when five big money (i.e., fold five, diameter of centimeters), Tongbao has two kinds of small flat, fold two, money imitation thin gold body system.

Chongqing ingots are very rare, some books call them "unique products", in fact, it is understood that there are five or six genuine pieces preserved in the country.

3. Yuande heavy treasure

One of the old collection of Yuande Heavy Treasure Prescription Yaoyu in Western Xia has been returned to the Chinese History Museum. Around 1982, Gansu found a Yuande heavy treasure, the money body has a crack, now in Tianshui, these two are folded two types, the text is basically the same, and Yuan De Tongbao Kaishu Xiaoping seems to be written by one person, and there is a fold three types of Yuande heavy treasure, Shen Zicha old collection. Yuande Chongbao was selected as "Guquan Fifty Treasures".

4. Daqi Tongbao

The reason why Daqi Tongbao is called "Daqi Tongbao" is because before the emperor of Wu gave way to him, he had named him the king of Qi. So when he ascended the throne, he was called "Great Qi". Due to the short time of the country's name "Daqi", and at the same time, the amount of this coin is small and fine, and it has been handed down to a handful so far, so it is particularly precious and rare.

5. Spend money

This kind of coin is not circulating money, its material is mostly rough, with the form of a coin, is in the coin"Non-genuine items"。According to research, there are many kinds of Chinese folk money, such as opening furnaces, town treasury, gifts, blessings, rewards, plays, accessories, zodiac and so on.

Hello! What kind of ancient coins are the most valuable? Six aspects determine its value:

1.First of all, look at the numismatic system. During the Warring States Period, the knife coins of Qi, Yan, Zhao and other countries, the cloth coins of Han, Wei, Qin and other countries, the ant coins of Chu and other countries, etc., the old special-shaped coins are scarcer than round coins, so they are expensive.

2.Secondly, look at the age of coinage. In general, the older the coin, the higher the value. But there are exceptions, such as the Han five baht unearthed in large quantities, ** low. Of course, due to different shapes and patterns, the five baht in the Han Dynasty was also thousands of yuan.

3.Third, look at the minting regime. The coinage of a short-lived dynasty or peasant uprising was a rare treasure with a short circulation time and a small circulation.

4.Fourth, look at the casting material. Ancient coins were minted mainly from brass, but there were also court coins made from gold, silver, and cupronickel. Larger, thicker coins are the royal favourite, which has a small mint and is of good quality.

5.Fifth, look at cultural values. Some coins are favored for their cultural and artistic value, such as the Qian Wen of the Han Dynasty Wang Mang's New Dynasty "Cargo Yang", "Buquan", and "Dabu Huangqian".

The nine-fold seal calligraphy "Quansong Tongbao" cast in the period of Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty can be said to be the earliest art character in China, and has now become a collection treasure.

6.Sixth, look at the back of the coin. The research and identification of ancient coins are mainly based on the back text to distinguish the casting age and address, and evaluate their rarity. Generally speaking, coins with special marks such as moon patterns, star patterns, and auspicious cloud patterns on the back are more collectible than coins with smooth backs.

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