Today I will talk about symbol money, what kind of coin is. First of all, symbol money is also called symbol money, which refers to the face or back of the coin. Such coins with specific marks, such as a back star on the face and a back on the back. Coins such as stars, moons, etc., generally speaking, the precision of common symbol money is not very precise, and the amount of minting is also very small. Nowadays, many people are collecting symbol money and want to make a set to play. This is one of the reasons why the symbol money is very popular and is very popular among some Tibetan friends.
Why was the symbol money minted at the time? As mentioned before, the symbol money of minting is mainly used to distinguish the money minted by different minting furnaces in the same money bureau. Some people will ask questions about the labeling? Since it’s all in one money bureau, why do you still need to mark out the money minted by different money furnaces? Although it is said that they are all minted by the same money bureau, different miners have different persons in charge. Even if the coins are minted by officials, some miners are short of money due to bribery or corruption. Add copper and some other metals.
There are many such phenomena, so in order to stabilize the casting quality of the coin, in certain periods, such as the Baohe Bureau of Guangxu, the coins cast by different furnaces were distinguished. The way to distinguish is to add a mark, which is what we call marked money. If it is said that after this kind of coin flows to the market, it can be found that the coin minted in the coin furnace does not meet the requirements, and supervision and management and accountability can be carried out.
On the other hand, coining token money can prevent certain burners, that is, managers in charge of coin-making furnaces, from colluding in order to save public expenses. When the upper level asks him to mint some coins, he buys some coins from the market to recharge the coins indiscriminately. , The living money that was peeled off from the top will be filled with his own pockets. Some people will ask him if he has to spend money on the coins he bought back? Of course, the coins they minted before are big or small, and it can be bought with only a small coin.
However, the coins or copper materials allocated by the Qing government are often allocated according to the standard. If you let you make a coin, you have to make a coin. The money he buys from the market is basically not up to the standard. For the weight of money, the difference in this price has also been punished by some people. The thousand-character essay is a type of coin minted to prevent this phenomenon. These two points are the two most fundamental points of coining token money. Original.