Qin Banliang is the first
The first Qin and the second Qin: the casting method is primitive and simple, the curtain surface is not smooth, there may be copper stains on the back, the casting mouth is wide and uneven, and there are up, down, left and right wheels; The shape is not round, the thickness is uneven, the square hole is not square, and some even make round holes; The diameter of money is bigger and the body of money is thicker; The word "Banliang" has different sizes, and the lower horizontal direction of the word "Banliang" and the upper horizontal direction of the word "Banliang" are shorter, and the word "Banliang" is often called "long person".
Qin banliang
Qin Banliang: refers to the national currency after Qin unified China. The casting period is 22 1 year-206 years ago. It is said that Qian Wen of Qin Banliang came from the hand of Prime Minister Reese, and the imperial seal was elegant, magnificent and very natural and unrestrained. Han Banliang and Qin Banliang are basically in the same strain, but they both developed on the basis of Qin Banliang, so the difference is objective. Comparatively speaking, Qin Banliang is extensive and primitive, and Han Banliang is delicate and exquisite; Qin is half thick and round, and Han is half flat; Qin banliang font is free and easy, and Chinese banliang font is regular; Wait a minute. As long as you taste it carefully, you can find many differences.
Qin banliang
Below, let's take a concrete look at the differences between Qin Banliang and Han Banliang:
Qin Banliang's standard is not high, money is thick or thin, big or small. Generally speaking, it is thicker than Han Banliang, and the edges are not polished, and the money body is not round. Improper wearing is also common. This is a rough coin.
Qin Banliang's calligraphy style is Xiao Zhuan, with long strokes, circles in the square and high characters. The horizontal direction of the word "half" is shorter than that of the word "two", and the word "two" is shorter than the word "two". In the late Qin Banliang Middle School, there were "two mountains", which were small and wide.
At present, there are two types of Qin Banliang: primitive type (mid-Warring States period), large-scale, big seal script, small seal script, big character, small print, Chuan Xing, Guo Banliang, small lantern Banliang, small-scale (late Qin period) and the types of font differences.
Han Banliang mainly includes: Yu Benliang (about the first year of Han Dynasty and Liu Bang in the late Qin Dynasty and the early Western Han Dynasty, the money was light and thin in the first 206 years, and it weighed three baht-1 baht in the Qin and Han Dynasties, which is about 0.7 grams now, similar to Yu Benliang), and eight baht and a half liang (BC 186 years, Lv Hou two years, imitation. The weight is only one-fifth of Qin Banliang's), more than half (in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the text was flat), four and a half baht (Wendi five years ago, 175, Qian Wen Zheng Ping weighed four baht), Guo Banliang (Jianyuan five years ago, 136, newly cast four and a half baht, with foreign countries.
Hanbanliang
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Half two elm pods: the layout is complex and the size varies greatly. The weight of big money with a diameter of more than 20 mm is about 2 grams, which was about 3 baht at that time; The small diameter is less than 10 mm, and the weight is only a few tenths of a gram, which is not as good as 1 baht made in Han Dynasty.
The heavier pod money, mostly wok, is wider. Qian Wen's "half" character is longer than the "two" character in the horizontal direction, with random brushwork and square font, a few of which are four and a half baht, and the font is slightly longer; Most of the words are "double two" and "lianshan two", and "cross two" accounts for a small proportion. Most of the money was privately cast by the people, and many Qin money remained, indicating that it was cast in the early Han Dynasty.
Eight baht and a half.
Eight and a half baht: the strokes are right-angled, and the glyph structure is sparse; Qian Wen is flat and has a shallow mouth. Most of the "half" characters are equal in length, and some "half" characters are upturned at both ends; Some "half" characters are written as wide, square and narrow, with upper width and lower width. The word "beam" can be divided into "full beam" and "short full beam". The horizontal line of the word "Liang" is short, inclined inward, and the bottom is an unsealed square.
From the production process, it is thinner than Qin Banliang, and there is no inner and outer Guo. Big sample and thin meat, the money diameter is between 27-3 1 mm, and the weight is mostly between 3.5-5.5 g; The rim is neat and straight, with two or four countersunk holes, which are narrow but not abrasive.
Eight baht and a half.
Five cents
Five cents: Five cents is one-fifth of half two (twelve baht), which is about 1.5-2g. Regular shape and large perforation (11-12mm); There are more than two openings, either above or below, or at the corresponding positions of the upper and lower hypotenuse.
The characters are long and narrow, and the word "two" is mostly "horizontal two"
There are a few nickels and the meat is divided into two layers. Qian Wen is half high and half low. The term is "snake eye half".
Serpentine half beam
Four and a half baht.
Four baht and a half: coins coined by the government and the people. Generally, the "semi-two" of early casting is heavier than that of late casting. According to the determination of Qin's "half Liang" and Han's "half Liang" in Shaanxi Provincial Museum, the real data are: Qin's twelve baht "half Liang" money, with an average weight of 8. 16 g; Han's eight baht "half two" money, with an average of 5.44 grams; The average weight of Emperor Wen's four baht "half two" money is 2.27 grams; Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's four baht "half two" money averaged 2.6 grams.