In the early Sui Dynasty, the currency was extremely chaotic. Anyone who has studied history should know that the more famous currencies are those dynasties, that is, the so-called Qin Banliang, Han Wupin and Tang Kaiyuan in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. It was not until Tang Gaozu Li Yuan and Kaiyuan Bao Tong were selected. The original Kaiyuan Bao Tong was inscribed by calligrapher Ou Yangxun, and its shape still follows Qin's round money. It is stipulated that every ten articles should weigh one or two, each article should be called one dollar, and a thousand articles should weigh six catties and four ounces. From then on, China's monetary system officially broke away from the two systems of Thai baht in the name of weight, and developed into Bao Tong's monetary system, which became the standard of coinage after the Tang Dynasty and lasted for nearly 1300 years.
The casting of five baht money in the Sui Dynasty, especially in the early Sui Dynasty, was extremely chaotic. Changping five baht and privately minted Changping money in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Wuxing Dabu and Yongtong money in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Chen five baht and Taihuo six baht in the Southern Dynasty, and even Goose Eye money and trimming money in Liu and Song Dynasties continue to circulate in the commercial field. Hexi counties also use western gold and silver coins. These coins vary in quality and size, which makes them inconvenient to use. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of economic development, strengthen the central government and consolidate feudal rule, Emperor Wendi of Sui ordered to rectify the currency and cast a unified five-baht standard.
There are two kinds of five-baht casting lines in Sui Dynasty: one is the five-baht casting line from the sixth year of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty to the fourth year of Renshou (AD 58 1-604), also known as the five-baht casting line; Second, during the period of Yang Di the Great (605-6 18), five baht of white money was minted.
Five baht to open the emperor, also known as five baht to set the sample, was cast when Emperor Wen was in office. In order to ensure the quality of new money and promote the circulation of new money, * * * expressly stipulates that every thousand yuan weighs four catties and two taels, and orders each customs to take one hundred yuan as a sample, which can only enter the customs if it meets the standards, otherwise it will be destroyed and recast. And prohibit the circulation of all kinds of old coins.
In the fifth year of the Emperor (AD 585), the currency was finally unified and five baht was offered.
Huang Kai five baht is beautiful and neat, with different sizes. Standard money is generally 2.5 cm and weighs about 3.0-3.4 grams. Small money is 2.3 cm in diameter and weighs about 2.25-2.3 grams. The five-baht calligraphy is a seal script, which is read horizontally and the five strokes are horizontal, oblique and straight (also slightly curved). Vertical lines are cast on the right side of the perforation, and the back is outlined, and the profile of the side is wider. Accumulate 80 thousand meters, light.
Five baht white money Five baht white money was probably cast in the period of Yang Di the Great (AD 605-6 18). This kind of money is white, because it is made of other metals such as tin and lead, so it is called white money. Its shape, size and weight are the same as Huang Kai's five baht.
Because there is a vertical line on the left of the five words in the Sui Dynasty, which is connected with the five words and rotates like a fierce word. In addition, Emperor Yang Di was cruel, greedy and squandered money, which was very unpopular, which led to inflation and chaos in the monetary system. The people can't stand his exploitation, oppression and bullying, and they are all looking forward to his early downfall. Therefore, people took the opportunity to vent, saying: this money is fierce money, Yang Guang is fierce, and it is doomed to no good end. Sure enough, the three emperors of the Sui Dynasty (Wendi, Yang Di and Gongdi) were all ill-fated, and none of them came to a good end.
At the end of five baht, Emperor Wen of Sui unified the Northern and Southern Dynasties and established a feudal country-Sui Dynasty. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the accumulated disadvantages of the currency were rectified, the deflation policy was implemented, and five baht (also known as five baht) was cast. Yang Di Yang Guang, Emperor of Sui Dynasty, was overjoyed, profligate and financially exhausted. Bad money is rampant, and private money is invested in the wind. When iron was cut into coins, paper was pasted into coins, prices soared, the people were poor, the rebels rose, and the Sui Dynasty immediately perished. Five baht, it took more than 700 years, so far.
Because before the Tang Dynasty, it was still linked to the two systems, so after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, "casting more money, good back meat, Zhou Dynasty, culture' five baht' is as important as its text." Each 1000 yuan, weighing 4 kg and 2 Liang. "
1000 Qian Wen weighed four Jin and two Liang, and one Jin in ancient times was equal to 16 Liang. From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, the weight per catty was14g, and the weight per catty was 222-226g (in fact, at the beginning of Sui Dynasty, the weight per catty was 668.19g, and the weight per catty was 41.76g). Since the celestial trace began in 6 16 (sui Daye 12), it was already the end of the sui dynasty, so it was 222.73 grams per catty.
Then 1000 Qian Wen weighs 66 taels, and 1 taels is about13.92g. The consistent money is nearly 9 19 grams.
However, another serious problem is that although silver ingots were precious metals in the Sui Dynasty, they were not necessarily currency in circulation, because the general exchange rate 1 two gold = 10 two silver = 10 penetration money = 10000 did not appear until after the Tang Dynasty. That is, 1 silver equals 1000.