Ancient and modern currency
As early as the Warring States period, coins and silver dollars appeared in China, which is the earliest metal currency copper shell in China. During the Warring States period, there were many countries, and which country appeared first should be paid more attention to. According to the current archaeological findings, it can be confirmed that the mosquito nose money of Chu people first appeared in the Warring States Period, and it is recorded in "Bao Puzi": "Donate priceless chun hooks to lack ant noses". From this sentence, we can know that the amount of mosquito nose coins is very small, and in most cases, this currency will be used to make up the difference, which is also in line with our current definition of coins.
The purchasing power of a "Yuan Datou" in the Republic of China was already amazing, which was different from the modern traditional definition of coins. How much is it worth now? This currency that has been eliminated by the times, we now mainly look at their collection value, not their actual purchasing power. A coin with a denomination of 10 thousand yuan that everyone has is not as valuable as a rare coin with a denomination of one yuan.
The emergence of Yuan Datou has its historical reasons. As we all know, in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, China was infiltrated by many foreign forces, and both the ideological and financial circles were very chaotic, and even the right to coin was not unified. Copper coins cast by the people, paper money issued in different regions and coins of the national government circulate together in the market, which is very unfavorable for management.
The rise and fall of Yuan Datou
In order to change this chaos, the National Monetary Regulations and the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the National Monetary Regulations were officially promulgated, which not only established the ownership of the right to issue coins, but also unified the price unit, namely the later silver dollar. However, Yuan Datou did not play a lasting role in the history of China. Because of the imbalance of currency circulation, the fluctuation of market price and the issuance of new currency, Yuan Datou lost its original value in just a few years, and hard currency gold bars and silver coins once again became the mainstream of the market.
Because of the many problems in Yuan Datou, it was worthless in the 1930s and 1940s, which can be called nobody cares. However, in the late 1940s, with the establishment of New China and the issuance of RMB, the state began to expropriate these Yuan Datou during the Republic of China from the people, which led to a sharp decline in the number of Yuan Datou and its value began to rise again.
A "Yuan Datou" in the Republic of China can also be called a cultural relic if it is put in the present. Yuan Datou is also a popular cultural relic in the ancient currency trading market. How much can it be worth? According to different production batches, their prices are not the same. The most valuable is about 6.5438+0.5 million yuan, and the cheapest is about several hundred yuan. Therefore, it can be said that it is a truth at any time.
Collecting ancient money is a hobby of small people, just like collecting ancient cultural relics. If you don't know enough about this, don't get involved rashly, otherwise your interests may be damaged.