We all know that paper is a very common thing in our lives. But there is a kind of paper, which looks like a thin sheet, but the value carried in it is not only tens of millions. Since the ancient silver ticket is only a thin piece of paper, why did the ancients never dare to forge it? After seeing this line clearly, you will understand that the ancient silver ticket fraud can not be made at all!
As we all know, the earliest paper money in China appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty, when people invented the "Jiaozi" in order to facilitate the carrying of silver two, and later after the reform of various dynasties and generations, this led to the emergence of silver bills.
At first, there were no silver tickets, and basically they carried silver two. Some large families go out, they have to carry a few boxes of silver, which is really inconvenient. With the development of the times, silver tickets slowly appeared in the public's vision. In fact, everyone should know this thing, it has always existed in Chinese history. A silver ticket is a piece of paper, which can be exchanged for silver two at any time, or directly traded with silver tickets, which is very convenient and not used
Let's let the editor tell you about it!
1. Control the materials used for printing money
The paper used to print paper money is Sichuan paper, which was found by the officials responsible for making money, this kind of paper is bright and white, and it is very durable, and the paper process is also very complicated, which is generally difficult to forge, unless the counterfeiter can get Sichuan paper, and Sichuan paper is prohibited from purchasing, so it greatly restricts the behavior of counterfeiters.
Second, multiple printing and anti-counterfeiting
The earliest paper money in ancient times was issued by private individuals, but ancient paper money had to be officially approved when printed and used. The official will record the money received on the handover, and it can only be used after signing the pledge. In the process of issuing paper money, the imperial court will leave a mark on each provincial capital and county money bank, and when the people use the money, they will leave another seal. Although the procedures are complicated, they can eliminate counterfeiting.
Third, the use of secret detention technology
The secret detention technique was a way of preventing authenticity in the Qing Dynasty. The replacement speed of the secret charge is particularly fast, and the anti-counterfeiting effect is also very good. Many ticket numbers are changed several times a year, which is a perfect way to eliminate counterfeiting.
Fourth, a money-discerning person has been set up in the private sector
We modern people have many ways to distinguish the authenticity, sometimes using a money detector, sometimes touching it with your hands, and sometimes looking at the anti-counterfeiting line against the sunlight, there are many methods. In ancient times, many people did not have the technology to distinguish between true and false silver bills, so there were money readers in government offices everywhere, who were specifically responsible for identifying the true and false silver bills, just like bank staff, popularizing relevant knowledge and charging appropriate fees.
5. Exquisite patterns and overprints
There were many patterns on ancient banknotes, just like the banknotes we have now, and the printing process was very complicated. Banknotes are patterned with houses, flowers and birds, figures, etc., or painted with famous calligraphy. Most of the Qing Dynasty treasure banknotes use dragons as printed patterns, and the pictures are very complex, so it is difficult for counterfeiters to imitate success.
6. Anti-counterfeiting seal
Looking back, the way the Jin merchants of the Ming and Qing dynasties distinguished silver tickets was called powerful, and the method of anti-counterfeiting was also very special. Jin Shang specially designed the micro-carving chapter, the content of the micro-carving chapter is hundreds of words of poetry, the micro-carving is very fine, not the general technology can be carved out, even if it can be made, it will take a lot of material resources, and it takes a high level of carving to carve out. Moreover, in the process of carving, a few words were deliberately engraved, and even the original carver could no longer carve out the same micro-carving seal as before, so the counterfeiter simply gave up making fake tickets.
In addition, the frequency of replacement of silver tickets in ancient times was actually very frequent. In ancient times, every year or so the imperial court would issue a new silver ticket. At this time, the old silver ticket will stop being used at this time, and then it will be completely destroyed. Coupled with the fact that the technology at that time was not developed, it was said that even if someone could forge a fake silver ticket at that time, it would take a long time, and it was likely that a version of the fake silver ticket had just been forged, and the result was that the new silver ticket had already come out, and the forged fake silver ticket had no value, and the forged silver ticket was more than worth the loss.