白银在中国历史上曾长期发挥货币职能,银锭是指铸造成一定型制的白银称量货币,始见于唐代,其后各代皆有铸造,直至1933年民国政府宣布“废两改元”。银锭作为货币,其职能体现在流通手段、支付手段和储藏手段等方面,用于商品交易、缴纳赋税、赏赐等。明代嘉靖年间将白银确定为主要货币,逐渐形成了中国的银两制度,到清代得到进一步的巩固和发展,银锭成为清代流通 Silver has long been playing a monetary role in Chinese history. Silver ingot refers to silver weighed into a certain type of weighing currency. It began in the Tang Dynasty and was subsequently molded by generations until the government of the Republic of China declared in 1933 that “ ”. Silver ingot as a currency, its function is reflected in the means of circulation, means of payment and storage, etc., for the trading of goods, pay tax, reward and so on. During the Ming Dynasty Jiajing silver was identified as the main currency, and gradually formed China’s silver system, to the Qing Dynasty to be further consolidated and developed, silver ingots become the circulation of the Qing Dynasty