Why are the Indian armor found in America covered with ancient Chinese coins?

We have all seen China's ancient coins in film and television works, and many people still have such ancient coins in their collections. This kind of coin with a round square hole is still quite recognizable. On these coins, the year and the name of the coin are usually printed, such as Kangxi Bao Tong.

In the last century, a pair of armor was unearthed in the United States, which was left by Indians according to experts' research. This pair of armor is thickly dotted with China's copper coins.

Moreover, this kind of armor is not a case. I found many kinds of armor inlaid with ancient Chinese coins, some of which are more detailed, such as the following one.

When a large number of China coins appear abroad, people's first reaction is definitely population migration. According to historical data, China's first three people went to the United States in 1785, that is, during the Qianlong period. Many of the coins found on the armor are from before Qianlong. For example, an armor collected by the American Museum of Natural History, most of the coins on it belong to Kangxi Bao Tong.

So the reason is simple. These coins entered the United States through trade and were sent to Indians through the hands of American businessmen. Obviously, Indians at that time did not regard these as coins in circulation, but the simplest copper sheets. Who will sew coins that can be exchanged for goods to make armor? The first armor in this paper has no function of resisting weapons at all. These coins can only be used as decorations.

At that time, American businessmen bullied Indian natives without knowledge and exchanged imported goods from all over the world for their gold. It is very likely that our ancient copper coins played this role. So, how did American businessmen get their copper coins?

When it comes to trade in the Qing Dynasty, what is our first reaction? Closed to the outside world? . Actually, for what? Haitao fresh goods? People, especially the royal family or wealthy businessmen and officials, still have a huge demand for overseas luxury goods. More than a decade ago, the trade system of the Qing government inherited the Ming system and allowed businessmen to go to sea. In the twelfth year of Shunzhi, due to the sharp contradiction between Manchu and Han, Zheng Chenggong's anti-Qing forces grew, and the emperor shunzhi could not move the sea ban. After the recovery of Taiwan Province Province, the Qing Dynasty continued to open its maritime trade. It was not until 1757 that foreign trade began to be strictly managed.

Therefore, the Qing dynasty was not always closed to the outside world. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, the trade scale with European and American countries gradually expanded. /kloc-Before the 0/8th century, most of the imported products in the Qing Dynasty were luxury goods. So the copper coins of this period were circulated to American businessmen in this way. Especially after the independence of the United States, the two countries began direct trade, and the Americans opened it at 1784? Queen China? No. I came to China and received a lot of goods. Later, it became the second largest trading country after Britain.