咸丰三年(1853年),洪秀全领导的太平军定都天京(今南京),并正式开铸国号与年号合二为一的太平天国钱,苏州、杭州、徽州、衡阳、绍兴、湖南等地也先后铸行。币材以铜为主,有青铜、黄铜之分;另有金、银、铁、铅等材质者,甚为少见。币制分为小平、当五、当十、当五十、当百。太平天国出于赞美耶稣救世圣主的宗教信仰,几乎在各方面都要加称一个“圣”字,如 In the third year of Xianfeng (1853), the Taiping army under the leadership of Hong Xiuquan was capitalized in Tianjing (present-day Nanjing) and formally started the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with the combination of the national number and the new year number. Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huizhou, Hengyang, Shaoxing and Hunan Other places have also cast line. The main copper coins, bronze, brass points; another gold, silver, iron, lead and other materials are very rare. Monetary system is divided into Xiaoping, when five, when ten, when the fifty, when the hundred. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in praising the religious beliefs of Jesus Christ the Redeemer, adds in almost every respect a