There is a typo on the RMB that even primary school students know. Why has it not been changed for more than 70 years?

"There are six beautiful and beautiful fans, they are as clean as jade, and they are all money-crazy." - "Qinyuanchun" by Song Chen

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The convenience brought by mobile payment has changed people’s past habit of "necessary keys and wallets when going out".

In fact, the popularity of online payments and mobile banking does not mean the disappearance of coins.

However, the paper money we used in the past has been transformed into electronic form, and its essence as a medium of exchange has not disappeared. The RMB is still the currency form of our country.

But in the RMB, which everyone is very familiar with, there is an error that even primary school students can see.

HH?

Can the printing and production of RMB really make mistakes so easily?

This is not the case.

Let's learn some anecdotes about "Renminbi" together today.

The RMB used by people now was issued on the eve of the founding of New China.

In 1948, when the people of the country were immersed in the upcoming victory of liberation, the first version of RMB was issued and has been used until now and in the future.

I believe everyone knows that the issuance of RMB is not a child's play, but a major event concerning the country and the people. Naturally, it is strictly controlled by the national government and experts.

But what is unbelievable is that there is a very obvious error in the RMB that is still in use today. Even an ordinary primary school student can easily see it.

What exactly is the error?

In fact, it is the very conspicuous word "yuan" on the RMB.

I believe everyone will find it strange. How can the word "circle" be wrong?

This also needs to start with our country’s currency laws and regulations.

In 1995, taking into account the actual situation of economic development and social progress, our country re-enacted a new banking law.

The new banking law clearly stipulates the form of issuance of RMB.

Among them, the unit of RMB stopped using the previous "yuan" and the new "yuan" was used uniformly.

It is obvious that the current RMB still uses "yuan", which is completely different from the provisions of the Banking Law.

Is it true that the printing and manufacturing of RMB can be so random?

Anyone familiar with history knows that after Qin Shihuang won power and unified the six countries, he implemented a series of political measures to unify the world, one of which was related to coins.

That is to unify the currencies of the six countries and use round coins with square holes.

Many people will wonder why currencies are different and need to be unified?

In fact, the currencies and conversion methods used by various vassal states in the Spring and Autumn Period were very different.

At that time, there were different styles of sword coins and cloth coins. Qi Dadao could be used in Qi State, but it could not be used in other countries.

This has led to great obstacles in economic trade and exchanges between different regions and countries, which is not conducive to the unification of the world.

Since then, all dynasties in ancient China have issued a unified form of currency. The overall shape remains unchanged, but the characters on the currency will change depending on the emperor's reign.

During the Song Dynasty, printing and papermaking industries were developed, and economic and trade flourished, which in turn led to the emergence of paper currency "Jiaozi".

The emergence of banknotes did not completely replace square-hole round coins, that is, square-hole copper coins.

Regardless of whether the coin is made of metal or paper, each dynasty and each generation will have a unified coin form, rather than being arbitrary.

First, currency plays an important role in national politics.

In ancient times, each emperor of each dynasty would engraved the year number on the coins issued. Just like the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" of the Tang Dynasty, the tiny coins showed the unity of a dynasty in every detail.

The same is true for modern society. Each country's currency is closely related to its country's history or founding process.

This is especially true in our country. The design of coins can be said to be exquisite and careful everywhere.

Since money is a major event related to the unity of the country and the nation according to the regulations of the form, why is there such an obvious error on the RMB?

Could it be that the RMB quality inspection experts were not aware of this erroneous word "yuan"?

In fact, the "wrong" word "yuan" on the RMB is not really wrong. Its use has certain historical significance and cultural connotation, rather than simply using a wrong word and violating banking laws.

Nowadays, in addition to issuing currency, the People's Bank of China also issues coins every year, and the original source of this round coin needs to be traced back to the late Qing Dynasty.

At that time, a large amount of Western culture was introduced into China and affected by the export of Western capital. In order to better maintain the foreign trade at that time, the Qing government had to change the currency system and began to imitate the "silver dollar" of Western countries and issue its own.

Set of silver dollars.

After the Qing Dynasty fell, Yuan Shikai still issued silver dollars as his currency.

When the People's Republic of China was founded, when paper RMB was issued, round coins were also issued. Although they were different from the silver dollar, they still adopted the "round" design concept.

In fact, if we take a closer look, the roundness of today's coins is not only the "roundness" of modern silver coins. It is also similar to the round coins with square holes that have been used for thousands of years in ancient China. However, considering practicality and aesthetics, the roundness has been eliminated.

Square hole in the middle.

Not only that, in the traditional Chinese concept, "circle" has a profound meaning.

It has the auspicious meaning of family reunion, it is also a symbol of national unity and national unity, and it also has the goodwill of everything going well.