我们现在通常称纸币为钞票,其实在相当长的历史时期内并不存在“钞票”这一称谓。在货币发展史上,纸币曾被称为交子、会子、关子、交钞、钱引、钞引和宝钞等,“钞票”作为纸币的通称是到晚清才流行起来的。为什么把纸币叫做“钞票”呢?目前较权威的观点认为“钞票”一词出自大清宝钞和户部官票的合称。原来,咸丰 We now usually refer to banknotes as banknotes. In fact, there is no such term as “banknotes” for quite a long historical period. In the history of currency development, banknotes were once referred to as “guanxi”, “guizi”, “guanzi”, “guanzi”, “guanzi” and “guanchao”. Why does the bill be called “banknote”? At present, the authoritative view is that the term “banknote” comes from the combination of the two letters of the Qing dynasty and the government official. The original, Xianfeng