Huang Baoluo, also known as Huobi, is one of the earliest primitive currencies used by the ancients. As early as Shang Dynasty, shellfish had been widely used as currency in China. Similar in size and weight, not easy to wear and tear, easy to count and carry, these are the natural advantages of becoming a currency.

The advantage of yellow snail as currency lies not only in its beautiful appearance and superior physical characteristics. As money, they are very similar in size and weight, which is very convenient to count and carry. This convenience is unmatched by many other monetary materials, which makes the yellow snail a very popular form of currency in ancient society.

In addition to the above characteristics, the yellow snail has a profound cultural connotation. In ancient times, people would carve all kinds of exquisite patterns and characters on yellow snails, making them artistic handicrafts. These beautifully carved yellow snails not only have practical value of money, but also have high cultural and artistic value.

History of ancient currency development

Shellfish was the earliest currency in China, and it was used in Shang Dynasty. In China's Chinese characters, all the words related to value are mostly related to "Bei". With the development of commodity exchange, the demand for money is increasing, and shells can no longer meet people's needs. Shang people began to imitate seashells with copper.

The appearance of copper coins is a major evolution from natural currency to artificial currency in the ancient currency history of China. With the extensive use of artificial coins, seashells, a natural currency, gradually withdrew from the currency stage in China.

From the appearance of copper coins in Shang Dynasty to the Warring States Period, there were many forms of China currency. During the Warring States period, not only countries made their own money, but all regions of a vassal state also made their own money. It is famous for Zhao's shovel coins, Qi's knife coins, Qin's round hole coins and Chu's ant nose coins.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Huang