When did silver begin to be used as money?

More than 4000 years ago, silver began to be used as currency.

In ancient times, people knew about silver. Like gold, silver is a precious metal with a long history of application, which has a history of more than 4,000 years.

Because of the unique and excellent characteristics of silver, people give it dual value of money and decoration. The pound and silver dollar used before the liberation of China were silver and copper alloys. 1 silver in Qing dynasty is equivalent to 400-500 yuan RMB today.

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1, silver circle

Silver dollar, also known as "silver dollar", was a currency circulating in China market in the past. There are many kinds of Yang Long in the late Qing Dynasty, such as Sun Yat-sen's commemorative coin, Yuan Shikai's silver dollar statue, Sun Yat-sen's ship statue, China's Soviet currency and Sichuan's "China" currency. In addition, some foreign silver dollars, such as standing in the ocean and sitting in the ocean, Eagle Ocean and Japanese Yang Long, are also circulating in China.

2. Silver bars

They are long in shape and vary in size, weighing about 300 grams, about 950‰ with good color, generally about 900‰, and 925‰ are the most common materials for making silver ornaments. Below 900‰ is grayish white, hard with copper hammer, no honeycomb at the bottom, and the surface is black and red after burning.

3. Songjiang Ingot

It looks like a nipple, its surface is gray-black, its weight is about 180g, its color is about 950‰, its lead glaze is prominent, and its bottom has a deep honeycomb. Each ingot is attached with lead glaze 15g, and some places (Beijing area) have been removed, with striking marks, forming an upper circle and a lower circle.

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