How many kinds of five baht are there and how to distinguish them?

Mainly depends on the font characteristics and the outline characteristics of the five baht. Generally speaking, before the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was rough and had a large outline. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was small and exquisite, which can be determined according to the characteristics of previous periods.

The name of the five-baht coin comes from its weight: each coin weighs five baht (note: if the Jin in the Western Han Dynasty is 250g, one baht is about 0.65g, and five baht is about 3.25g). It can be inferred that the weight of five baht comes from the equivalent of four and a half baht and three baht. If the people don't want to use it, they will settle it, so the three baht will be abolished. The ancient Chinese characters were based on the number of years, starting from one, ending at nine, and five being the middle number, which also represented the sum of heaven and earth.

Wudi Wuzhu

In the fifth year of Yuan Shou, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered all counties and states to cast five baht, which was called five baht in the county and five baht in Yuan Shou. It is a "five baht" with a bare back, with wheels on the front and no Guo on the back. Money is about 2.5 cm in diameter and weighs about 3.5-4 grams. The word "five" is oblique, straight or curved; The prefix "Zhu" of the word "Zhu" is square, and the prefix "Jin" is very small, like an arrow. There is a horizontal line on a small amount of money.

Its material is changed to copper, so it is called purple money. However, the technical level is different in different places, and the composition of copper mines is different. It is difficult for officials to understand the order in line with their attitude, so the money invested is very different. Some, like the old Han dynasty, had flat backs without wheels, while others had large perforations and were thin and thick.

Three officials and five baht

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty recovered the right to coin, the Central Committee of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty unified the casting of money. At this time, three officials and five baht were cast. The money is beautifully made, with neat edges and accurate weight. Qian Wen is beautiful and is a model of money.

Small five baht

Small five baht was first cast in Ding Yuan for four years (BC 1 13), commonly known as "corn money" and "goose money", so it was named because of its small size. Among the coins unearthed in the Western Han Dynasty, there are small five-baht coins recorded in the documents of the Han Dynasty, which come from tombs or sites in the Western Han Dynasty. Among them, the excavation of the No.1 tomb of Emperor Xuandi Lingdu of the Han Dynasty is an example with an exact date.

Mingbi

Small five baht inscription "five baht" casting method is exquisite, the surface has a state of Zhou, no good country. The meat on the back is good, the fruit is ready and the text is clear. The diameter of money is between1.15-1.2cm, and it weighs about 0.62-0.65g. Qian Wen's calligraphy style is also different from that of Liang Wudi, Zhao Di and Xuan Di.

Some of the "five" characters are straight, some are slightly curved and some are very curved. In terms of modeling, some wear horizontal paintings like three official money styles, and also like the most common five-baht style without a face.

Five baht shear wheel

Cutting five baht is also called "grinding five baht" and "cutting five baht". When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first cast five baht, "Zhou Guo was the quality" to prevent traitors from grinding copper from the back of money and melting it. However, in the late Western Han Dynasty, another kind of shearing wheel appeared-five baht, which was a coin that polished ordinary five baht to reduce its weight. In fact, this five baht is the most suitable.

Five baht late

Five Packages of Yongping and Five Packages of Yong 'an were cast in Yong 'an, Xiao Zhuang for two years (529); In 540, in the sixth year of Datong in West Wei Wendi, "Five baht in Datong" was cast, which looked like "Five baht in Yong 'an". In the early days of Xiao Liang, he had cast "five baht"; In the fourth year of Tianbao, Wen Xuandi, Northern Qi Dynasty (553), "Changping Five baht" was cast. In 58 1 year, after the unification of the Sui Dynasty, five baht was cast, ending the chaotic situation of the monetary system for more than 100 years.

Waste five baht

In the fourth year of Tang Wude (62 1), he cast "Kaiyuan Baotong Money" and wasted five baht. Five baht coins have been in circulation for more than 700 years, which is the largest number of coins minted and the longest circulation time in the history of China.