Nowadays, we have become accustomed to calling money "money", and in the Internet age, people rarely even use cash, replaced by various types of electronic payments. So what was the previous currency like, and with the passage of time, what kind of evolution has the currency undergone? Today, the reporter takes you to the Guangzhou Monetary and Financial Museum to visit the "ancient and modern Chinese and foreign" and "past and present lives" of money!
Guangzhou Monetary and Financial Museum
Coming to the museum to "increase knowledge" is definitely necessary, and "punching cards and hair circles" is certainly not less. To this end, the reporter intimately sorted out the necessary punch card topic for everyone, holding this punch card strategy, visiting the museum is no longer "ignorant circle", after the circle, I believe it will attract many small partners to move the small bench to see it!
#货币的 "Ancient and Modern China and Foreign" #
I heard that we are going to punch in the Guangzhou Museum of Money and Finance is the largest monetary and financial theme museum in South China, it is located in the Guangdong Institute of Finance, the entire museum has two floors, one is the currency of Chinese dynasties, and the other is the currency of the world.
Coming here, "eye-opening" that is a must! The reporter learned that the museum has a collection of nearly 20,000 pieces, the exhibition area of 1700 square meters, covering the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign historical periods of the currency, divided into ancient Chinese currency, the Republic of China period currency, base currency, new Chinese currency, gold and silver commemorative coins, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan currency, electronic money, financial tickets, the world's currency and currency anti-counterfeiting ten exhibition areas. The rich collection truly reflects the development process of monetary finance and the long history and rich connotation of monetary and financial culture.
Schematic diagram of China's monetary development
As soon as you enter the museum, you will see this "Schematic Map of China's Monetary Development Overview", and it is definitely clearer and more layered to understand the history of currency by following the above context. The reporter also selected several must-see "treasure currencies" for everyone, and more currency history also needs to be explored by everyone in person!
Three-hole cloth
Three-hole cloth is a kind of "cloth coin" in the pre-Qin period, derived from agricultural tools and palladium. Some of the currencies in the Yellow River basin countries have local characteristics, because they are close to the river, so their money is cast in the shape of a fish and a bridge. The knife coin was the currency used in the State of Qi (now Shandong) at that time, and it is said that this knife coin can also be used to cut meat.
One knife flat five thousand
"One key knife like this is equal to 5,000 copper coins", it is amazing to think about. It is said that between the two Han Dynasties there was a New Dynasty of Wang Mang, minting many different coins, the most famous is "one knife flat five thousand", it is a combination of round square hole money and knife coins, like a key, it is still the largest denomination of ancient coins.
Grand View Tongbao
In the Song Dynasty, many emperors personally wrote qianwen, called "royal book money". The Daguan Tongbao is a qianwen written by Emperor Huizong of Song with his original thin gold body, which represents the highest level of Qianwen in the Song Dynasty.
Qing Dynasty "banknotes" and "bills"
We often associate "banknotes" together to say that in the Qing Dynasty, "banknotes" and "bills" were not the same, and "banknotes" referred to "Great Qingbao banknotes", which were mainly exchanged for copper coins; "banknotes" referred to "official hubu bills", which were mainly used for exchanging official silver.
After reading the first part, the reporter's biggest feeling is that the charm of history not only lies in its mysteriousness, but also brings us "cognitive surprises and surprises".
#货币的 "The Best of History" #
"The earliest, the most, the largest, the most extensive..." While listening to the narrator's introduction, the reporter frequently lamented that "this is the 'most historical of the most' that I have heard the most."
The following is the reporter's visit to the museum found a variety of "historical best", come and see how much you know?
The earliest currency in China was the Shell Coin;
The dynasty with the largest amount of currency minted in ancient Chinese history, the dynasty that used the most copper coins, was the Song Dynasty;
The world's earliest paper money was Jiaozi;
The largest, most widely circulated, and most surviving mechanism silver coin in Chinese history is the Yuan tou coin;
The longest set of renminbi in Circulation in China so far is the third set of renminbi;
The shortest set of renminbi in Circulation in China so far is the first set of renminbi;
The largest banknote in the world at present is the 100 trillion banknote issued by the Zimbabwean government in 2009;
The largest area banknote in the world is the 60-baht square commemorative banknote issued by the Thai government in 1987.
The first set of renminbi
One hundred billion banknotes issued by the Government of Zimbabwe
Thai King Banknotes
#货币的 "100,000 Whys" #
After reading the "Best of History", I came to the "You Ask Me and Answer" link, is there a little expectation and pressure?
When I was a child, I always liked to chase and ask my parents "why", in the Guangzhou Monetary and Financial Museum, the reporter could not hold back, and the soul of "100,000 whys" was possessed again. Walking in the museum is like being in the long river of history, and you will be eager to know the story behind those interesting histories.
Here's the question session! The reporter first throws out a few small questions to see if you can catch it?
Why are ancient coins shaped somewhat like a sickle and some like a hoe, which is very different from the traditional impression of circular square-hole copper coins?
Why are denominations in both yen and won large?
Why is the collection value of the first set of renminbi so high?
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Coins of different shapes
Haha, everyone's little head is not turned on the crazy operation mode!
The reporter first revealed the answer to the first question, that is: before Qin Shi Huang unified the monetary system, the shape of the currency was not uniformly stipulated, most of it was minted according to the production and living habits of various places, such as the original form of cloth coins is agricultural tools, similar to tools such as hoes and shovels; knife coins are mostly popular in Yanzhao and other places, and the Yanzhao area is close to the Xiongnu, so the style of the knife is chosen as coins, which is in line with the national conditions of the country.