What currencies were there in the Song Dynasty? Introduction to Song Dynasty Currency Types of Song

Before the Song Dynasty, the total amount was too small, the value was too high, and it had not yet become a circulating currency (think about it, take a banknote with a denomination of more than 2,000 yuan to buy things in the market......In fact, before the Ming Dynasty, copper coins were used in market circulation (paper money appeared in some parts of the Northern Song Dynasty). The silver taels became the currency in circulation only after the Ming and Qing dynasties were active and foreign countries poured in. But why in the minds of many people have always thought that silver is the currency that has always been in circulation, the author believes that it is mainly because of the prevalence of the Ming and Qing dynasties, all according to the living conditions at that time for common sense to describe the previous dynasty, such as "Water Margin", "Golden Vase Plum", "Three Words and Two Beats" and so on, and the value of silver in these works are based on the silver price of the Ming Dynasty, and the original Wen, Guan, Xuan, Baht and other monetary units are mixed together, and have a great impact on later generations, so people today write more history with ancient China as the background, martial arts** Books such as "Shooting the Condor" also refer to the ancient currency in circulation as "silver taels".

But after all, modern people are farther away from the people of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and their understanding of the monetary system of the previous dynasties and the actual purchasing power of the silver taels is even more insufficient, so there will often be sky-high steamed buns, sky-high prices of wine and food, and serious readers or viewers should have a clearer understanding of the value of the "silver taels" out of curiosity about the ancient economic situation. Hope it helps<>

Song Qian is the most chaotic, the emperor has many years, many editions, and many fonts.

The currency of the Song Dynasty was round hole money (copper money) and Jiaozi (paper money).

The era name money in the copper coin has become customized since the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the era name changed frequently, and there were a lot of coins minted. After the Yuan Dynasty, the money minted in successive dynasties was basically named after the name of the year.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Sichuan used iron money, the weight value was small, 1000 big coins weighed 25 catties, and it took 90 catties to hundreds of catties of iron money to buy 1 horse of silk. Inconvenient circulation. As a result, merchants issued a type of paper money, called Jiaozi, which was circulated in place of iron money.

1.Cake money: Wang Mang's common name for thick goods springs. Later, in the Northern Song Dynasty, Xianping, which was wide and thick, auspicious charm money was also called cake money.

2.Money: refers to the symmetrical money of money, its money, wheel, size, thickness, copper, etc. are the same, but the rubber bureau only uses different book styles, but the glyph gestures still match each other, also known as and money. It began in the Southern Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Two Song Dynasty.

3.Tin money: a kind of tin iron money in the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was an important period in Chinese history, and it was also a period of continuous improvement and development of the monetary system. Compared with the previous generation, the variety of currency in the Song Dynasty increased a lot, and after years of use, the Song Dynasty monetary system gradually stabilized. Below we will introduce the types of currency in the Song Dynasty.

There are two main types of currency in the Song Dynasty, one is copper coins and the other is paper money. Among them, copper coins include 500 Wen, 200 Wen, 100 Wen, 50 Wen, 20 Wen, etc., which were mainly used for commerce, commodity trading and daily transactions in the Song Dynasty. Banknotes can be divided into large banknotes and small banknotes, the big banknotes are mainly Zhao Song Tongbao, etc., while the small banknotes are represented by "Jiaozi" and "Huizi".

Five hundred wen, two hundred wen, one hundred wen, etc. were the main copper coins of the Song Dynasty, of which five hundred wen money was the heaviest, called "five money", two hundred wen money was called "two money", and one hundred wen money was called "one money". These coins are made of brass or red copper, the front of the coin is printed with the name of the emperor or the name of the era, and the back is printed with some auspicious clouds, prime of life and other patterns, compared with the ancient money text, the Song Dynasty money text is more concise and clear.

Paper money is more convenient and convenient to use than copper money. Zhao Song Tongbao is the largest denomination banknote issued in the Song Dynasty, the bottom of the banknote is printed with the four characters of "Tuanchen Duan Tianfu Yuanbao", and the banknote is printed with a dragon, gold and silver flowers and autumn harvest and other patterns. Jiaozi is the smallest denomination banknote of the Song Dynasty, the banknote is printed with two glyphs of "Jiaozi", and the banknote color is divided into yellow, green, red, purple and other colors.

In general, the monetary system of the Song Dynasty was more complete and abundant than that of the previous dynasties, including copper coins and paper money, which also greatly facilitated the commercial and trading activities of the Song Dynasty, and this stable monetary system also made a certain contribution to the national prosperity of the Song Dynasty.

Northern Song Dynasty: Song Yuan Tongbao, Taiping Tongbao, Chunhua Yuanbao, Zhidao Yuanbao, Xianping Yuanbao, Jingde Yuanbao, Xiangfu Yuanbao, Xiangfu Tongbao, Tianxi Tongbao, Tiansheng Yuanbao, Mingdao Yuanbao, Jingyou Yuanbao, Huang Song Tongbao, Kangding Yuanbao, Qingli Chongbao, Chongning Tongbao, Chongning Chongbao, Chongning Yuanbao, Daguan Tongbao, Zhenghe Tongbao, Zhenghe Chongbao, Chonghe Tongbao, Xuanhe Yuanbao, Xuanhe Tongbao, Jingkang Yuanbao, Jingkang Tongbao, Yinggan Tongbao Yingyun Yuanbao and other 51 kinds;

Southern Song Dynasty: Jianyan Tongbao, Jianyan Yuanbao, Jianyan Chongbao, Shaoxing Yuanbao, Shaoxing Tongbao, Longxing Yuanbao, Longxing Tongbao, Longxing Chongbao, Gandao Yuanbao, Gandao Tongbao, Gandao Chongbao, Chunxi Yuanbao, Chunxi Yuanbao, Shaoxi Yuanbao, Shaoxi Tongbao, Qingyuan Tongbao and so on 43 kinds.