Why are there words on ancient coins?

Because at that time, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and changed Liu Khan to be the world's self-reliance, and there was a golden character on the right side of Liu Zi. In order to avoid taboos, all money, baht and words related to gold fonts can't be used. Therefore, the word spring is used instead of money, which is also the origin of commodity spring.

First, Wang Mang wants to prove that he is legal.

In fact, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was already divided. Even without Wang Mang usurping Han, Liu Han's world is doomed to be short-lived. And every usurper is certainly unwilling to admit that his throne has been stolen, and so is Wang Mang. He wanted to restore the ancient system to improve the long-standing disadvantages of the country in the late Western Han Dynasty. Currency reform is one of them, because he wanted to erase Liu Han's influence in the hearts of the people, so he changed the money related to gold characters into springs, so that the people could no longer remember Liu's surname.

Second, promote the new dynasty, currency name through train.

No matter how we interfere ideologically, the people can't completely listen to Wang Mang. However, money is what everyone needs, and money will also circulate in the market. If money is also transformed into something promoted by one's own dynasty, it will be profitable even without ideological intervention. Therefore, through this reform, Wang Mang wanted to restore the economy on the one hand, and let the people recognize him as the legitimate emperor on the other. He also set up an inscription by the way, pretending that the inscription fell from the sky, indicating that he acceded to the throne in accordance with his destiny and took great pains.

Third, the high-end atmosphere of Quanzi is much better than money.

Just as nouveau riche don't like to be called nouveau riche, coins are too vulgar to read and are not suitable for the style of literati at that time. Replacing the word "money" with "spring" sounds much higher-end and more symbolic. Spring reminds people of mountain springs, which means that financial resources are rolling and continuous. It looks good when you look at it. Moreover, experts who call coins spring merchants and spring friends who are crazy about collecting money have suddenly improved the level of this industry.