"Hongwu Tongbao" carries the word "Fu" for money
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The word "Fu" appears on the circulating coins, and it is currently known that the Tang "Huichang Kaiyuan" back "Fu" character money is the earliest.
After the "Anshi Rebellion" in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, there was a serious "money shortage". During the Huichang period, in order to reduce the financial burden, Emperor Wuzong of Tang issued an edict abolishing Buddhism in the world, demolishing monasteries in various places, and minting money with bronze objects such as Buddha statues. The Huainan (present-day Yangzhou) festival led Li Shen to take the lead in casting a kind of "Kaiyuan Tongbao" coin with the character "Chang" on the back, and the "Chang" era name "Huichang". Prefectures and counties around the country have followed suit, casting Kaiyuan coins with the names of honshu counties on the back, collectively known as "Huichang Kaiyuan".
There are 23 kinds of "Huichang Kaiyuan" back text, one of which is the word "Fu". "Huichang Kaiyuan" back "Fu" word money, cast by Fuzhou, Fujian, the "Fu" word is generally worn, worn under and worn on the right is rare. During the Five Dynasties Later Liang Period, The King of Min zhizhi cast lead "Kaiyuan Tongbao" money, which was large and small, and also had the word "Fu" on the back.
Five generations later, in the third year of Jin Tianfu (938), Shi Jingyao minted the "Tianfu Yuanbao" copper coin. Shi Jingyao ceded Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, received 300,000 silk horses a year, and willingly worshipped the Khitan lord Yelü Deguang, who was 12 years younger than him, as his father, calling himself "Emperor Er", relying on the strength of the Khitan to pick up an emperor dang, and also believed that it was a blessing from heaven, so he changed his era name to "Tianfu". The surviving "Tianfu Yuanbao" money, with rough minting and small body, did not bring happiness to the common people, but nailed the "child emperor" Shi Jingyao to the column of shame of history forever.
During the liaoxingzong Yelüzong Zhenjingfu years, there was a "Jingfu Tongbao" year number money, which was read by the book and backed, and it was rare to pass it down to the world. The second emperor of the Western Xia Dynasty, Emperor Yizong Li Yuzuo Fu Shengcheng Dao, minted the Western Xia script "Fu ShengBao Qian", which is the earliest known coinage in the Western Xia Kingdom, with a rotating face, a bare back, a rough production, and a rarity in existence.
Zhu Yuanzhang minted the "Great Zhongtongbao" coin, and also added a place name to the back of the money. The money with the word "Fu" on the back of the "Great Zhongtongbao" was minted in Fujian after the pacification of the Fujian separatist forces, and there are small flat, folded two, folded three, folded five, and folded fifteen denominations, and the number of castings is not much, so far rare.
Zhu Yuanzhang said that after the emperor established the Ming Dynasty, he began to cast the "Hongwu Tongbao" year name money, and the back of the money was also cast with a place name. The coin with the word "Fu" minted by the Baoquan Bureau of Fujian Province is one of the 9 kinds of Jidi money of "Hongwu Tongbao". "Hongwu Tongbao" back "Fu" character money, "Fu" character cast under the back of the money, there are small flat, fold two, fold three, fold five, fold fifteen denominations. Xiaoping qian is more common, and its qianwen "bao" character has two ways of writing, "缶宝" and "Erbao", and the word "tong" has a single point pass, a double dot pass and other versions.
During the Reign of Qing Shunzhi, 5 forms of "Shunzhi Tongbao" money were minted, known in history as the "Shunzhi Five Styles", thus establishing the monetary system of the Qing Dynasty. In the sixth year of Shunzhi (1649), the Fujian Provincial Money Minting Bureau began to cast "Shunzhi Tongbao" and memorized the word "Fu" money. At present, only those who wear the word "Fu" have been found, and the money recorded in the "Ancient Springs Encyclopedia" for wearing the right "Fu" has not been seen in kind. After that, the Fujian Provincial Bureau of Money Minting also minted "Shunzhi Tongbao" quanyin money with the Chinese character "Yili Fu" on the back, the Chinese character "Fu" and the "Kangxi Tongbao" full of Chinese "Fu" character money.
The "Dictionary of Ancient Money" records that during the Yongzheng period, it was stipulated that the money on the back of the minted money in each province should be in Manchu, "all of which should be headed by treasure characters, and the second should be used by each province", which has since become customized. It contains a "Yongzheng Tongbao" with a Manchu "Baofu" Qiantuotu, but no physical object has been found so far.
During the qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty to the Xuan reunification, the Fujian Baofu Bureau minted coins with the year number of the Manchu "Baofu". It is rare to find that there are "Qianlong Tongbao" wearing "Fu" on their backs, as well as Qianlong, Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, and Guangxu carrying the Chinese "Fu" character year number money. At the beginning of the Restoration of Fujian in 1911, the Min military government minted and issued the "Fujian Tongbao" round round hole copper coin for circulation on the market, with two denominations of one and two texts, which is the only copper coin in the history of the mainland that uses the name of the province as the name of the coin.
The "Fu" coinage of the past generations has included both officially circulating coins and folk coins minted by the government and the people that do not participate in circulation, and the "Fu" coin has accounted for a large proportion, such as "Fu Shou Shuang Quan", "Fu Shou Kangning", "Fu Shou Changchun", "Fu Shou Qi Zeng", "Fu Lu Shou Xi", etc., there are hundreds of kinds.
There is also a super-large Baifuku Baishou chart that costs money, with a diameter of 101 mm and a thickness of 4. 2 mm, weight 270 g. Brass casting, exquisite carving, simple and elegant, excellent quality, fine pulp, moisturizing nature. Qian Wen has 54 "Fu" characters on one side and 54 "Shou" characters on the other side, and the front text is arranged in three rounds, the inner wheel is 13 characters, the outward is 17 characters, 24 characters, and the back is also 54 characters, each word has its own strengths and weaknesses, and it is not the same as each other. Based on the seal book, there are still Jin Wen, Zhong Ding Wen, etc., Qian Wen dot painting is clear, the style of the book is meandering, steady and dignified, varied, very charming, showing the endless charm of the ancient characters of the mainland. The pictures and texts are neatly arranged, the layout is reasonable, the structure is harmonious, and it is enjoyed in the hand, if you drink alcohol, if you taste good tea, a happy and peaceful atmosphere comes to your face.
In addition to ancient coins, the word "Fu" is often visible on modern coins. Since 2012, the Atlantic Bank of the Macao Special Administrative Region and the Bank of China in the mainland have issued one Zodiac Lunar New Year banknote every year, and at present, five Chinese Zodiac New Year banknotes have been issued, namely the Year of the Dragon, the Year of the Snake, the Year of the Horse, the Year of the Sheep and the Year of the Monkey. The front of each model is printed with the word "Fu" Chinese.
Chinese Bank issued the 2005 Rooster New Year Commemorative Coin with the words "Man Tang Fu" in the lantern pattern on the back. The 2008 Year of the Rat New Year ordinary circulation commemorative coin, on the back of which there is a couplet "Heaven increases the age of people to increase life, spring is full of Qiankun and Fu Man". Since 2014, a silver commemorative coin for the Lunar New Year has been issued at the end of each year, with the theme of "Fu" as the theme of the design pattern.
Although some of the coins with the word "Fu" minted and issued by successive generations are not specially minted for blessings, they have always been loved and sought after by collectors because they are auspicious, reflect people's ideal desire to pursue a better life, and meet the spiritual needs of the people.
(The author is a member of the Chinese Numismatic Society and a director of the Fujian Numismatic Society)