中国是世界上最早使用金属铸币的国家,我们常说的古钱币是指从殷商时期的货贝(即天然贝)直至民国初年(从1884年清光绪十年出现机制币到民国六年废止方孔钱,这32年是一个过渡)止,一直延用了3000余年。这3000年间历代兴废,王朝更替,通行铸币何止万千。方孔钱这一形式贯穿了封建帝国的整个历史,大部分是常见的年号钱,其中也不乏珍品,更有不 China is the earliest country to use metal coinage in the world. The ancient coins we often refer to are from the goods in the Shang period (ie natural shellfish) until the early Republican period (from the ten years of the Guangxu reign in 1884 to the six years of the Republic of China The abolition of square hole money, which is a 32-year transition) has been extended for more than 3,000 years. This 3000 years of rejuvenation, the dynasty change, the passage of coins so far. This form of square hole money runs through the entire history of the feudal empire, most of them are common year money, which also no lack of treasures, but also not