The influence of currency on China's monetary culture

The influence of currency on China's currency culture: the total amount of unearthed currency is very small, which is only a small system in the Warring States monetary system, but it is the main development symbol of closer economic ties, more frequent commodity exchanges and increasingly unified currency since the mid-Warring States period, and it is also an important currency form connecting the preceding with the following.

Except for the wall of Wei State and * * *, other round holes were cast at the end of the Warring States Period. Most of the characters on the money are city names, mostly in Fenshui River basin to the east of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, Luohe River basin to the west of the Yellow River, and Yiluo River basin to the south of the Yellow River. This area is precisely the contact zone between Qin and Zhou Dynasties and Zhao and Wei. It seems that Zhao has occupied Zhongshan at this time.

Except Yuan He and * * *, the above money is scarce, and some of them are still orphans. It can be seen that it is not far away for Qin to unify the six countries and reform the currency system. The most unearthed coins are Yuan and * * *, especially Yuan.

classify

According to different monetary units, it can be divided into three categories: (1) Qin currency with "two" as the unit; Biweekly and Sanjin money is based on "Yi"; Qi and Yan Huan Qian are named after the traditional monetary unit "Dao".

At present, the earliest money found-Anzang Money Bureau, has a diameter of 38 mm and a perforation of about 0.8 cm. Qian Wen ranks lower, and his calligraphy is thick and simple. The material is bronze, and the clay sculpture does not grind. The word "Anzang" is a place name. I don't know exactly where it is. There used to be an empty cloth in this city, and its writing and calligraphy were not as neat as this money. Because there are not many discoveries, it is impossible to study this ancient money in detail.

This kind of money has a small perforation, and the circulation time is from the early years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. The circulation area may be in Henan and Shanxi, near the Yellow River. 1976 Three granaries in the Warring States Period were discovered in Luoyang City, Henan Province, and 47 Tibetan coins were unearthed, with a diameter of 38 mm, 13- 16 g. Several Tibetan coins were unearthed in Bazhong City, Sichuan Province.