《中国货币的简史与发展 加入SDR》.pptVIP

中国货币的简史与发展 加入SDR Definition A generally accepted form of money, including coins and paper notes, which is issued by a government and circulated within an economy. Used as a medium of exchange for goods and services, currency is the basis for trade. Currency Ancient Currency China is one of the countries where money was used earliest in the world. After Qin Dynasty unified the country, official metal money was cast of Bronze circular in shape with a square hole through the center. This kind of bronze coins had been used in China for over 2000 years until up to Song Dynasty when earliest paper money in the world appeared. Over 3000 years ago, China began to use shells as money which was also called cowries. In antiquity, people used shells for exchange. Cowries (贝币) Bronze Coins In the 11th century BC, the bronze was found to be more durable than shells and also convenient carry and collect, so bronze coins were cast in imitation of seashells. Bronze coins in later periods roughly fall into four types: spade coins(布币), knife coins(刀币), round coins(环币) and yibi cowries(蚁鼻币). Spade coins of the Warring States Period （战国布币） Half tael coins of Qin Dynasty (秦代半两铜币) Spade coins in the period of Wangmang (王莽布币) Yibi cowries in the shape of ants creeping on the nose (楚国蚁鼻钱) Knife coins These are one kind of ancient Chinese bronze coins with a weight of five Zhu (about 3.33 gram) and two Chinese characters “五铢” cast on the face. The casting of Wu Zhu coins began in the year of 118 BC and it had circulated for over 700 years because it had a proper size and convenient weight. Wu Zhu Coins Coins of Kaiyuan Tong Bao Tong Bao is the name of one kind of ancient Chinese bronze coins which were first used in Tang Dynasty and lasted over 300 years as the main currency. Kaiyuan Tong Bao refers to the bronze coins that were cast in the beginning years of Tang Dynasty. In Qing Dynasty, each emperor had a reign title and the coins cast were named after the reign title of the empe