What kind of historical stories are behind the ancient coins issued by the mainland
The mainland has a long history of 5,000 years and a very deep cultural accumulation. Coins used in ancient times were also a special culture, and there are extraordinary stories in each coin or coin, which bears the unique cultural traces of the era of issuance.
We modern people collect, study or appreciate, invest in ancient coins, mainly to get a certain amount of knowledge from it, to obtain certain economic benefits, but the first thing we need to understand is the background information and artistic value of ancient coins, but also have a heart that loves ancient coins. Only if you really like ancient coins, can you experience happiness from collecting, appreciate the value, and get the benefits. Today, Xiaobian will introduce you to a few ancient coins with special significance.
The Zhongtong Yuanbao "Zhongtong Yuanbao" is a coin ordered by Kublai Khan during the Reign of Kublai Khan during the Yuan Dynasty, named "Zhongtong Yuanbao". This coin was born in 1260 AD and ended in circulation in 1264 AD, and the circulation time is relatively short.
"Zhongtong Yuanbao" adopts the traditional shape, the form of the outer circle and the inner square, the text has two versions, one is the letter, the other is the seal book, is a direct reading or rotary reading method, the back is cast with a star pattern, belongs to a kind of flat money.
As we all know, Kublai Khan is very famous in history, he opened a new history, but this kind of "Zhongtong Yuanbao" was not large in circulation at that time, and after such a long period of baptism, it can be preserved very few, so it occupies a higher position in the collection market.
"Zhongtong Yuanbao" is so famous, it is estimated that it is inseparable from its inventor Ku Minglie, and if you understand the history of "Zhongtong Yuanbao", you can understand the particularly high artistic appreciation possessed by this ancient coin. Since the circulation time of the "Zhongtong Yuanbao" is only 4 years, it belongs to one of the treasures of ancient coins with a relatively short period of use and a relatively rare amount of existence in the ancient spring.
Big in the middle of the treasure
"Da Zhong Tong Bao" back ten blessings, zhu Yuanzhang said that the emperor in the Ming Dynasty Hongwu four years re-minted the coin, bronze, straight reading, the back text is the ji value, ji di.
DaZhong Tongbao, ming taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was first cast in Ying Tianfu during the Wu Dynasty before the founding of the people's republic. The casting of "Dazhong Tongbao" is divided into two stages: First, it is called the "Dazhong Tongbao" cast before the emperor. In the tenth year of Longfeng, that is, in the twenty-fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, after pacifying Chen Youyi, Zhu Yuanzhang purchased goods in Jiangxi and cast a large "Zhongtong Treasure Money".
The fifth-class coin style was promulgated, and a kind of casting "Dang Ten" was added, and the "ten" character was worn on the back; the second was that the emperor was called the emperor and continued to cast in the fourth year of Hongwu. When the minting continued for the second time, the back of the coin was cast with the names of the provincial bureaus, including Beiping, Yu, Ji, Beijing, Zhejiang, Fu, Hubei, Guangzhou, And Gui, and each bureau had a five-class shape system.
Among the various types of "Dazhong Tongbao" back discipline bureau discipline value, the score contains: the back side is cast with "Guangshi" folded ten types of money. Although this money is more than the "Guangwu" folded five-type money, it is still one of the rare middle and upper grade money among many "big and medium" money.
"Da Zhong Tong Bao" back ten blessings, look at the casting of this money, regular and model, square and round, flat and flat chapter, wear wheels clean, deep text, clear silhouette. Its rust is also raw and ripe, bronze texture, rust pulp old and dignified, the overall rust color, natural distribution, natural appearance, is to open the door at a glance.
The "Great Zhongtong Treasure" carries ten wide and rewards Money, which is enough to prove the genus of its authentic official products. The four characters of the face text "Da Zhong Tong Bao", the script style, the strokes are relatively thin, showing the book spirit, the strokes are powerful, the text layout structure is standardized, and the dignified and handsome. Some crooked private forgery is far from this. Wearing "ten" on the back is also a powerful stroke, and "Guang" is the same as other big money, because the strokes are complex, after the oven, the strokes are somewhat adhered, which shows its naturalness. After some examination, his book is full of charm and has become nothing.
"Big, Medium, Wide and Ten Dollars", especially noteworthy in the standard, its face is a narrow rim, while the back is a wide rim. Obviously, this feature is another rare layout of "Dazhongguang Ten Dollars", and its full name should be "Dazhongtongbao Back Guangshi Broad Back Rim" layout.
The above content is the two ancient coins introduced by Xiaobian today, collectors who like to collect ancient coins, you can pay attention to Xiaobian to learn more about the history and culture of ancient coins.