The Qing government followed the monetary system left over from the previous generation, that is, silver and copper coins circulated at the same time, which had the same legitimacy. These two currencies have different uses. Under normal circumstances, silver is mostly used for large-scale transactions such as state taxes, official salaries, soldiers' salaries, businessmen's salaries, and copper is used for sporadic private transactions.

The characteristics of currency in Qing dynasty are that the currencies used in different places are not uniform, especially the copper coins minted in various provinces only circulate locally, so the measures of currency adjustment in various provinces have local characteristics, and there are also differences in different places in the same period.

Coins in the Qing dynasty can be divided into two categories: one is made by the imperial mint; The other is cast by the local mint.

After the Qing Dynasty unified China, the monetary policy was re-formulated. When the Qing army first entered the customs, coins of the Ming Dynasty were allowed to circulate, but it was soon forbidden to use Ming coins and other ancient coins alone to clear money. The main Bao Tong money includes Bao Tong Shunzhi, Bao Tong Kangxi and Bao Tong Jiaqing.

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