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What is the currency of the Qing Dynasty?
The currency of the Qing Dynasty was silver and precious paper money.

In the Qing Dynasty, the currency silver was a silver circle, which was based on its face value and color. It is equivalent to the current hundred-dollar bill. The copper plate under the silver ring is generally printed with "gold ingot" or "heavy treasure", which is equivalent to tens of dollars of coins now. Under the steel plate are copper coins, which are "Kong Fang brothers". Inside the outer ring. This kind is equivalent to today's coins.

In the Qing dynasty, the imperial court officially issued official tickets of the household department and 1853 Qing dynasty banknotes. These two bills, one is an official ticket, also called a silver ticket. One is the treasure notes of the Qing Dynasty, all of which are collected by the Chinese Coin Society. Such tickets and banknotes are also displayed in the coin exhibition hall of Zhejiang Museum.

There were a lot of copper coins in Qing dynasty.

For example, in the forty-four years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (16 16), Nuzhen Khan Nurhachi (Qing Taizu) established his capital in Manchuria (now Shenyang). Established the "destiny" of the Yuan Dynasty and cast the Manchu "destiny and sweat money". Qian Wen is an old Manchu writer. The shape of money is bigger than that of ordinary flat money. It is made of excellent copper and has excellent technology. China's "Destiny Bao Tong" money, Qian Wen regular script, simple font and bare back were also cast.

Tian Cong was sweating like rain, and Nurhachi died. Huang taiji (Emperor Taizong of Qing Dynasty) succeeded to the throne in Manchuria (1627) and changed his name to Tian Cong, making a lot of money for Tian Cong. Qian Wen is full of words, with "Tian Cong Khan's money" written on his face and "Ten" and "Right" written on his back. Exquisite production, rare in the world. It is said that China's "Tiancong Bao Tong" is Pingqian, but it has never been seen.