Shanxi Province's silver ingot legend Is referred to as "Jin", so Shanxi merchants are called "Jin Shang", which mostly come from the Jinzhong Basin represented by Taigu, Qixian, Yuci, Pingyao, etc. Jinshang business salt industry, ticket number and other businesses, especially the ticket number is the most famous, the general number is mostly set up in the journal or Shanxi, semicolons throughout the country, the issued tickets can be remitted anywhere.
Because its deacons are mostly shanxi, it is called "Shanxi ticket number". The qianzhuang ticket number has spread all over the world, creating a century of prosperity that has never been seen in ancient times, and leaving a splendid commercial culture on the land of Shenzhou. Jin Shang also left a rich architectural heritage for China, such as the famous Qiao Family Courtyard, Wang Family Courtyard, Cao Family Sanduo Hall and so on.
The silver ingots passed through Shanxi Province are mainly 52 large ingots, and there are also 52 waist ingots and 52 slot ingots, because of the prosperity of the Ticket Number Industry in Shanxi, so the remaining Shanxi silver ingots are more common. Fifty-two with "Shanxi Guanqian Bureau", "Taigu County", "Datong County", "Yingshan County", "Jiexiu County" and '. Qi County', etc. are found more, stamped with the date and month, the name of the county, and the name of the silversmith.
Five or two waist ingots are printed with a stamp, such as "Jintai Silver" and "Qixian". There are relatively few ingots with a square stamp, such as "Shanxi Tianhe" and "Shanxi Derong".