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The Order of China Five Emperors' Money
Bao Tong in Shunzhi, Bao Tong in Kangxi, Bao Tong in Yongzheng, Bao Tong in Qianlong and Bao Tong in Jiaqing.

1, Shunzhi Bao Tong

Shunzhi Bao Tong is a coin of Qing Dynasty, which was minted in Shunzhi period (1644 ~ 166 1). Shunzhi Bao Tong was the first currency made after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. The inscription of "Shunzhi Bao Tong" sung by Qian Wen is opposite. Most of them are bronze and a few are bronze;

Money tends to be flat, and the range is large. Bao Tong in Shunzhi is dominated by small flat money, and a few of them are converted into twenty big money, which can be divided into five types according to background changes and casting stages.

In the early period of Shunzhi Qian, the coinage technology of Ming Dynasty was retained, which made its layout have obvious characteristics of Ming Dynasty coins, but in the later period, it completely broke away from the coinage system of Ming Dynasty and established the unique coinage style of Qing Dynasty. "Five styles of Shunzhi" played a connecting role in the evolution of coins in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

After the Qing army entered the customs, a series of large-scale wars broke out between the Qing regime, the Nanming regime and the peasant rebel regime. The unification war of the Qing regime dominated the casting of Shunzhi currency in the early stage, which was a classic case and material evidence of currency evolution in wartime.

2. Kangxi Bao Tong

Kangxi Bao Tong is a coin of Qing Dynasty, which was minted in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty (1662 ~ 1722). Kangxi Bao Tong's money is 2.5-2.7 cm in diameter and 3.8-5.5 g in weight. The essay "Kangxi Bao Tong" was read directly in a real book.

Kangxi Bao Tong can be divided into two categories according to the characters on the back: one is Manchu coins imitating the "four styles of Shunzhi", and the back of the money is full of "Baoquan" and "Baoyuan", which are made by two parts; The other kind is imitation of "Shunzhi Five Styles" Manchu-Chinese coins.

Kangxi Bao Tong has Xiaoping as the top ten money. Qian Wen's real calligraphy is direct reading. Except Baoyuan Bureau and Baoquan Bureau, all provinces record bureau names in Manchu, with Manchu on the left and Chinese characters on the right.

The money invested by all provinces is Xiaoping, and 10% of the money is invested by Baoyuan Bureau. The face is separated by Guo, and the back is covered with Baoyuan. Most of the coins are bluish white, that is, copper-tin alloy, commonly known as big white money; There are also copper and brass provincial currency.

3. Yongzheng Bao Tong

Yongzheng Bao Tong Yongzheng Bao Tong is a coin of the Qing Dynasty, made of brass, with excellent workmanship. Yongzheng Bao Tong is now a part of the five emperors' money, and the five elements belong to the earth, which has the function of exorcising evil spirits. First minted in the first year of Yongzheng (1723), it is the third generation of Qing coins after Shunzhi and Kangxi.

The Qian Wen in Yongzheng Bao Tong is of epoch-making significance, which laid the Qian Wen style in Qing Dynasty 180 years. It is a kind of coinage with the least quantity and the simplest layout in Qing Dynasty, but it is deeply loved by collectors because of its standardization, fine processing, large diameter, exquisite workmanship and unified characters.

4. Qianlong Bao Tong

Qianlong Bao Tong was the currency in circulation during Qianlong period. During the 60 years of Emperor Qianlong's reign, he exerted the general plan of "ruling the country with literature" and created the last moderns in feudal society. Later, it was widely rumored that wearing the "Qianlong Bao Tong" copper coin could ward off evil spirits, and it was also loved by later collectors because of its homonym with Qianlong.

This coin was cast in the reign of Emperor Gaozong in the Qing Dynasty (1736- 1795), and the back of the coin is full of complicated characters with detailed price and coin rubbings on it. Gan Long Bao Tong coins are about 25mm in diameter and weigh about 3g.

The thousand-face character "Gan Long Bao Tong" is a regular script, and its characters are read directly from top to bottom and from right to left. There is a word "Bao" on the left side of Yongzheng Manchu-style money-type tooth hole, and the names of various bureaus are cast on the right side of the tooth hole. Money has different shapes and sizes in different periods.

5. Jiaqing Bao Tong

Jiaqing Bao Tong was cast in the Jiaqing period of Renzong in Qing Dynasty (1796- 1820). Money is 2.2-2.6 cm in diameter and weighs 2-4 grams. Qian Mianzi "Jiaqing Bao Tong" is written in regular script and read directly from top to bottom and from right to left. On the back of the money, the word "Bao" is all on the left, and the name of the money bureau is cast in Manchu on the right, such as Quan, Yuan, Su, He and Guang.

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