Is this scalper money?

For many years, people thought that Hongwu Niuqian was privately cast by the people, and there were different opinions and speculations, which was actually incorrect. Looking up the coin rubbings of Wu Ding 'an's article "Cattle Eat Ancient Money" in China Heritage Newspaper 1998 04 13, we can see that a "ten" was obviously cast on the cow's ass (Figure 2), and then ten coins were used in Dazhong Bao Tong and Hongwu Bao Tong at the beginning of lighting, with the same size. Besides,

Hongwu Bao Tong's cow money is actually official money.

? It can be seen that Hongwu Bao Tong Niu Qian is officially made, and it is a commemorative coin circulating in the market, which has the same function as the commemorative coins issued by our modern society. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was from Fengyang, Anhui, and most of his cattle money came from Anhui. He comes from a poor peasant. At the age of twelve, he went to herd cattle for the landlord because of his poor family. His hard experience of herding cattle and helping workers in his childhood is unforgettable, and he knows the suffering of the people. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to win the hearts of the people, coupled with years of war, people need to recuperate, so it is inevitable to encourage people to develop production. He cast this cow money to show that the emperor shares the same roots with the people and shares joys and sorrows with the people. When the People's Republic of China was founded in the early Ming Dynasty, what people thought was peace. This money was even sweeter to remember painful experiences, so as to encourage people to be stable and United and develop production. This was in line with the political environment in the early Ming Dynasty, thus further consolidating the political power of Zhu Ming Dynasty. In the history books, there are many records about Zhu Yuanzhang's love for the people in the early Ming Dynasty. Similarly, for the poor cowherd in his early years, he is not taboo, but will publicize it. It should be a natural thing to give this money to Cowherd.

According to the rubbings of various articles, it can be seen that there are three kinds of cattle money discovered by Hong Wu temporarily: 30%, 40%, 10%, and there may be other unknown varieties. From the appearance, this Hongwu Bao Tong Cowherd Coin has a generous outline, a solemn and rigorous font structure, and its strokes are heavier, more upright and more bearing than other Cowherd Coins, and it belongs to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang is an iron fist. Whoever dares to write his name privately and invest private money will be exterminated. Today, more than 700 years later, we can still see all kinds of cow money. It is conceivable that there was still a certain amount of casting at that time, which was a commemorative coin involved in circulation.