"There is only one Van Gogh in this world, and nothing else is worth it." There is such a line in a movie about counterfeit money "Peerless", to trace the history of paper money, can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty's "Jiaozi" is the earliest paper money, but also the government officially issued silver bills, the origin of silver bills can be traced back to the "White Deerskin Coins" in the Han Wudi Period and the "Flying Money" in the Tang Xianzong Period, the ancient silver bills are worth ten thousand gold, why is it not counterfeited, it cannot be made? Expert: It's not enough to lose money.
The currency used in the "White Deerskin Coin" is the white deerskin used in the palace garden, each white deerskin is one foot, the surrounding paintings, and each leather coin is worth 400,000 yuan, so the "White Deerskin Coin" is only used as a tribute between the princes, and the "flying money" used in the middle of the Tang Dynasty is very different from the "White Deerskin Coin".
Because the merchants often run, it is very troublesome to carry a large number of copper coins on the road, so the merchant can go to the official to issue a voucher, which details the number of places and coins, and then when he arrives at the place, he can take the voucher to withdraw money to buy goods, but these two silver tickets are not used in the circulation field, nor are they silver tickets in the true sense.
Silver bills to exercise the function of money is from the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty rapid economic development, currency circulation is also fast, copper money shortage, it used iron money instead, but to buy a cloth needs iron money twenty thousand, the weight reached 500 pounds, very inconvenient, at this time there is a silver ticket.
Silver tickets were originally issued by silver ticket shops, the printed "silver two" pattern is very exquisite, hidden marks, black and red and white errors, and then handwritten words, others will be difficult to forge, silver ticket payment is more and more extensive, but the forgery of people do not, but the silver ticket shop also has some lawless operations, so that the issued "silver tickets" can not be cashed.
In 1004-1007, Yizhou Zhizhou Zhang Yong carried out a great rectification of the silver ticket shop, the silver ticket shop was specially operated by sixteen rich merchants, and must obtain government approval to be able to issue silver bills, in 1023, the government set up Yizhou silver ticket service, and to "set up a banknote paper yard, in order to reform the disadvantages of forgery", strictly requiring the printing process of silver bills, "official communication" also appeared.
The official silver ticket is modeled on the previous issuance of the silver ticket, but stamped with the honshu state seal, the amount of money filled in is also different, about the production of the silver ticket, the "Currency Spectrum" records: "YuanFeng first year (1078 AD) increased by 1 member; 10 people in charge, 69 people in the book, 81 printers, 6 carvers, 2 casters, 12 miscellaneous servants, each with a difference in the number of gifts." The paper used was initially self-imposed, and the silver ticket official was also received, and then he worried about its shortcomings, and took his official to do his thing. In the first year of Longxing (1163 AD), a member of the special official, Yu Zhi, moved to the Jingzhong Temple in the west of the city. ”
Silver tickets, whether it is a coin, the pattern is very unique, and will frequently replace the ticket version, even if the imitation of the silver ticket, the value is not much different, not to mention that it is not easy to imitate a version, once the new ticket version is replaced, everything invested will be lost, and the loss of money is not enough.