The earliest metal coins in China first appeared in the late Shang Dynasty.

In Xia and Shang Dynasties, natural shells were the earliest currency in China. In the late Shang Dynasty, imitation copper coins made of copper appeared, which was the earliest metal currency in China and the earliest metal currency used in human history. The most basic form of metal coins is square hole round copper coins, and its standard style is five baht in Yuan Shou in the Western Han Dynasty and Bao Tong in Yuan Dynasty in the early Tang Dynasty.

In the late Shang Dynasty (4 ~ 65438 BC+0 1 century BC), the cast copper shell unearthed from the tomb of Dasikong Village in Anyang City, Henan Province is the earliest existing metal coin in the world. It was several centuries earlier than the time when the Luddites in Asia Minor, the inventor of western coinage, began to make coins (7th century BC).

The earliest paper money in China:

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the world's earliest paper money, jiaozi, appeared, followed by other paper money, Huizi and Guanzi, which played an increasingly important role. In addition, money sharing, prison money, kitchen money and annual money also came into being. Song Huizong Evonne's thin gold body is a must. Liao is a country founded by the Khitans. At first, the currency of the Central Plains was used, and later it came from coinage. Taking China people as Qian Wen, most coins have not been refined.