Hello friends, the currency is constantly changing with the changes of the times. In ancient times, we all used silver or copper coins for commercial trade, whether it was eating or buying some goods, we needed to use silver. In ancient times, silver was the money that was officially recognized at that time. With the continuous development and change of the times, silver is no longer used as currency. Nowadays, silver is more used for collection or jewelry to wear. At this time, some friends are curious, in ancient times, how much is one or two pieces of silver in the present? Let's take a look at it today.
In different periods, the monetary value represented by silver is different. In ancient times, rice was used to equal the value of silver, and a bucket of rice could only sell for five yuan. Friends who are familiar with ancient history will know that in ancient times, one or two pieces of silver was 1,000 yuan, and if you convert it, one or two pieces of silver can buy more than 200 buckets of rice.
A bucket is our current 12 pounds, more than 200 meters is equivalent to the current 2400 pounds of rice. According to the current price of rice, one or two pieces of silver in the Tang Dynasty are equivalent to the current 4,000 yuan. At that time, the salary of ordinary people was about 2 taels of silver a month, so if it was converted down, it could earn 8,000 yuan a month, which was much more than the money we now earned by ordinary people.
In the Ming Dynasty, one or two pieces of silver at that time could buy 377 kilograms of rice. That's about 680 yuan now. If one or two pieces of silver can buy so much rice, then people who spend dozens of silver on a meal can be said to be quite local tycoons, which is equivalent to eating a meal now and spending tens of thousands of yuan. At that time, the salary of an ordinary person was only two or two silver a month, and it can only be said that the gap between the rich and the poor has existed since ancient times.
And the ancient grain was very valuable, the production capacity at that time was low, and the rice at that time was not as cheap as the rice of today, so the amount we converted was low, in fact, it should be worth more. We can find that with the development of history, the value of silver is constantly decreasing, and it can buy less and less, and it can be said that the currency has been depreciating. This also shows from the negative side that our production capacity is constantly improving, our labor will be more valuable, and we are in the process of continuous appreciation.
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