中国铜元诞生于清代光绪二十六年(1900),至今整整一百年。自公元前221年秦始皇统一六国货币,确定专用圆形方孔的“半两”钱以来,圆形方孔钱成为中国封建社会的主要通货,上下行用了两千余年。“孔方兄”甚至成为了中国货币的代名词。清末出现了采用机器铸造的铜元,这是我国货币发展史上的一大变革。它的出现,使曾经大 Chinese copper was born in the Qing Dynasty Guangxu twenty-six years (1900), a full hundred years. Since Qin Shi Huang unified the currency of the six countries in 221 BC and determined the “semi-double” money for the special circular square hole, the circular square hole money became the main currency of the feudal society in China. It took more than two thousand years to go up and down. “Kong Fangxiong ” has even become synonymous with China’s currency. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the copper coins that were cast by machines appeared. This is a great change in the history of China’s currency development. Its appearance has made big