我国是世界上最早制造和使用货币的国家之一,在货币体系中出现了石贝、贝币、铁贝、铜币、银币、金币、纸币等。中外近现代的银币纸币,上边往往铸印元首的造像,而我国古钱币上多铸有甲骨文、大篆、中篆、小篆、金文、真书、行书、楷书等各种书法。钱币上书法文字的作用,主要是记地、记重、记年、记干支、记年号,同时也集我国历代书法之大观。历代的不少帝王,对钱币上的书法都十分重视,许多钱币上的文字,往往由皇帝御笔亲书,或由著名的书法家撰写。由此可见,我国的钱币 China is one of the earliest countries in the world to manufacture and use currency. In the monetary system, stone shellfish, shellfish, iron shellfish, copper coins, silver coins, gold coins and banknotes appear. Chinese and foreign modern silver coins, the top is often cast heads of statues, and more coins on the ancient Chinese cast Oracle, seal, seal, Xiaozhuan, Jinwen, real books, Xingshu, regular script and other calligraphy. The function of calligraphic writing on coins is mainly to remember, remember the weight, remember the year, remember to dry the branches and keep track of the new year’s numbers, and at the same time it also sets the grand view of calligraphy in all ages in our country. Many emperors of all ages have attached great importance to the calligraphy on the coin. Many of the characters on the coin are often written by the emperor Yu Pen or by famous calligraphers. This shows that our country’s coins