1. Decentralization of mint rights
Ancient coinage rights are often in the hands of the government, if delegated to the people, we think it is a bit uncontrollable, but in ancient times there was really a period of open coinage.
Like what
During the period of Emperor Wen of Han, the imperial court liberalized the policy and delegated the right to mint coins, whether it was the royal family or the common people, they could mint coins, but there was a requirement, that is, they had to be minted according to the standard requirements.
Some people will think, how good is this, how much money they want to make, how much money they want to make, making a fortune is not a dream, this is also to think about it, the funds in hand are limited, to mint coins to copper, since it is an open policy, the price of copper is only high and not low, want to get rich, it can only cut corners, low quality, quantity. But don't forget that the country has requirements for quality, and low-quality is not welcome in the market.
In this case, there are no fake coins, some only bad coins, and under the regulations of the imperial court and the law of the market,
Bad money will be phased out.
2.
Mint rights were recycled, and fake paper money was rampant
And here we go
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court regained the right to mint coins
, began to accumulate wealth, first monopolized copper resources, and then reduced the quality of money, the so-called reduction of quality is to reduce the content of copper in the coin is to increase production, such coins do not do what the people do, the imperial court enforced.
In this case, there will be a fake, privately minted money for huge profits, what should be done in this situation? Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty would also use coercive means to suppress this phenomenon.
In fact, don't say fake money, real money will be fake, mixed with water, the above-mentioned coinage in the Period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is exactly like this, and then it is
In the Ming Dynasty's coinage case, the coins minted in Nanjing at that time could even reach only one-tenth of copper
, the other ingredients are replaced by lead, not only that, thin and crisp, pinch to worry about whether it is going to crack, which contrasts with the private minted coins of the people.
3.
How banknotes can prevent counterfeiting
Then there are ancient paper money, they do not have modern fluorescent ink technology, watermarks, etc., with a single piece of paper, this ordinary person can not make? So what mystery is hidden in this banknote, it must be only this one, and any counterfeit one can't do it?
We have studied history and know that the earliest paper money appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the subsequent Yuan Dynasty began to use paper money extensively.
The paper on which the banknotes are printed is naturally carefully selected by the government.
For example
"Sichuan paper" is a high-grade paper.
Since Sichuan paper is the paper used exclusively for official printing banknotes, it naturally cannot be used casually, and it must be approved by the imperial court to be used.
Specially set up a banknote paper yard, of course, will also shoot the official government personnel into supervision, in order to prevent private interests and so on.
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In order to avoid the situation of internal personnel fraud, the government has also taken measures to resettle these personnel.
However, accidents could not be avoided in these steps, so the imperial court formulated another measure.
Layers of institutional imprints
。 What does that mean? When we watch some TV series, we will see that a banknote is densely packed with some words and symbols, etc., and then there are some very eye-catching red seals, some, not one, which is the printing of layers of institutions.
The government makes paper money and delegates it to the provinces, and the provincial institutions need to stamp a seal symbolizing the identity of the provincial level, and when it is issued to the state capital, it will leave a seal symbolizing the identity of the state capital on it, to the county, and then to various money houses, etc.
In addition to these, it is also necessary to work the pattern of the banknote, and will draw some difficult and complex patterns.
Then there is the word on the silver ticket is also very exquisite, and it can even be said that it is an ancient password, corresponding to a set of internal self-made decoding books
For example, there is a special trajectory on the skimming of a certain word, weighting and bolding or pricking a small hole that is easily invisible, or how many words are used on a line of paper money to represent the year, month and day, and so on.
And these passwords change quickly, and every once in a while there are new internal passwords being developed, and
Once redeemed, these silver bills will be destroyed immediately, and the confidentiality is very strong.
In addition to these, there is the external legal requirement that if it is made privately, once the fake is found, it will be severely punished.
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Ancient Coins