人民币是我国的法定货币，它除了在商品经济中发挥五大经济职能外，还作为一种艺术品和文物执行收藏价值职能。人民币具有艺术欣赏、普及知识和宣传教育、史料和文物价值等功能。这些功能的发挥与其经济职能是完全不同的。人民币的收藏具有重要的经济和政治意义 The RMB is the legal currency of our country. Apart from its five major economic functions in the commodity economy, the renminbi is also a collector’s value function as a work of art and cultural relics. RMB has the functions of art appreciation, popularization of knowledge, propaganda and education, historical materials and cultural relic values. These functions are completely different from their economic functions. The collection of RMB has important economic and political significance