My system is not decent

At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, it imitated the system of Tang Kaiyuan and cast "Song Yuan Tong Bao", with stars and moon marks on the back.

In 976 A.D., Song Taizong Zhao Jiong succeeded to the throne, with the year name Taiping Xingguo, and cast Taiping Tongbao with the same shape and structure as Song and Yuan Tongbao.

Five years after Chunhua Yuanbao was cast, Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty changed Yuan to "Zhidao".

During this period, he cast "Zhidao Yuanbao", Taizu cast Song Yuan Tongbao, Taizong cast Taiping, Chunhua, and Zhidao. These four currencies were called the four coins in the early Song Dynasty.

The four characters "Chunhua Yuanbao" were also written by Song Taizong himself, which opened the first emperor's imperial book Qian Wen.

Mount Wutai is also a famous Buddhist mountain. In the early Song Dynasty, Buddhism gradually recovered.

Song Taizong then built the Taiping Xingguo Temple in Wutai Mountain and cast gold and bronze Bodhisattvas.

The relief statues on the back of Chunhua Yuanbao, as well as the auspicious clouds and lotus patterns we have seen, all show a very strong Buddhist atmosphere.

These Chunhua Yuanbao gold offerings are also an example of the rulers in the early Song Dynasty supporting the development of Buddhism.

Wang Yucheng, a litterateur in the early Northern Song Dynasty, once wrote a poem chanting the spring.

"The exiled official has no salary and no smoke, but sleeps all day with his piano and books. There is also a general who wins Zhao Yi, and still has money for imperial books in his pocket."

This poem very straightforwardly expresses his love, admiration and praise for Yu Shuqian.

And there is a sentence in it, which specifically expresses his appreciation for Song Taizong Chunhua Yuanbao Qian Wen calligraphy: "The method of returning magpies and Luan to conceal the name of heaven, dragon and earth horse".

The three-body money in the first book of Chunhua Yuanbao is not only the originator of the reign money, but also makes the right money appear in the history of coin culture.

Since the three-body money in Chunhua Yushu in the Song Dynasty, there has been a phenomenon that there is no money and no pairing.

In addition to these more precious gold coins, there were also pairs of coins in the Song Dynasty.

This refers to three or two coins in the same text.

In terms of shape, such as the size of the perforation, the width of the outline, the thickness of the money body, and the quality of copper, they are all exactly the same.

In terms of writing, the content, position and size of the Qian Wen are also the same, only the calligraphy style is different.

Song Taizong's handwriting is very extraordinary. For example, Mi Fu, one of the "Four Masters of the Song Dynasty", never easily recognized other people's calligraphy in his life, but Song Taizong also had "the eight methods of true creation, the grass into the samadhi, the running script is wrong, and the flying white is fascinated." "Praise.

Currency is an important carrier in historical development, and it is also the vein and footprints that carry the progress of the times.

They are the physical witnesses of politics, economy, technology, military affairs, culture and art of each period.

The study of Qianwen in the past dynasties is one of the new directions of numismatics research in recent years.

Among them, the coins of the Song Dynasty have reached unprecedented heights in terms of the number and types of coins minted, as well as in craftsmanship.

In particular, the style of Qianwen has undergone great changes and innovations from the previous dynasty.

Therefore, let the coins of the Song Dynasty become an important part of the history of coin development in my country, and even the history of calligraphy.

Obviously, if there were no tomb robbers to make trouble, no matter what aspect of cultural research in China, there would be many major breakthroughs.

For example, in the study of ancient coins, Chen Wenzhe only looked at the collection of tomb robbers for a short period of time in history, and saw the entire set of ancient coins of the Northern Song Dynasty.

If they didn't rob the tomb, and all of these were harvested by the domestic archaeological department, how many things would they research?

Looking at the iron coins, Chen Wenzhe felt a little emotional.

It is too conspicuous to have these iron coins mixed with gold coins.

This also shows that the group of tomb robbers are really knowledgeable.

Compared with those gold coins, the value of these iron coins is not inferior at all, and it is even higher than the value of many ordinary gold coins.

Chen Wenzhe did not expect to find so many gold coins by accident this time.

Of course, there are actually quite a few gains like this in China.

It's a pity that every time the unexpected harvest comes, it means that more antiques are lost on the market.

From April to May 2011, in order to cooperate with the basic construction of the city, the Yangluo City Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology conducted archaeological excavations in the east of Airport Road and the south of National Highway 4 in the northwest of Miaobei Village, and discovered 5 tombs from the Five Dynasties, Song and Jin Dynasties.

Among the tombs of the Song Dynasty, there are 48 copper coins.

In a word, there are Kaiyuan Tongbao, Chunhua Yuanbao, Zhidao Yuanbao, Xianping Yuanbao, Jingde Yuanbao, Xiangfu Yuanbao, Tianxi Tongbao, Tiansheng Yuanbao, Huangsong Tongbao, Zhihe Yuanbao, Xining Yuanbao, Yuan Fengtongbao, Yuanyou Tongbao, Yuanfu Tongbao, etc.

As far as Chunhua iron coins are concerned, there are also three types of calligraphy in Puzai.

Among them, Tiemu Xiaoping's big style is cursive script, and folding in two (or three) is the real book.

This shows that the shape and structure of Chunhua iron coins is not only the size of Xiaoping.

Since Chunhua iron coins are rare in the world, iron coins with larger shapes have never been found.

In addition, Mr. Guan Hanheng's "China Zhenquan Tracking Record" has records.

"In 1963, at the construction site in front of the BJ Tanghekou Agricultural Machinery Factory, 8 pieces of money and 12 pieces of silver coins were unearthed from Chunhua Yuanbao carrying Buddha statues, with an average weight of 8.2 grams. Some of the gold and silver coins unearthed this time have been scattered among the people."

It can be said that at any time, there are more things lost than the national collection.

Check the gold coins again. After all, the number of special iron coins is still too small.

For example, a porcelain altar of gold coins hidden in a huge bluestone.

These gold coins have a diameter of 2.3 cm, an average thickness of 0.1-0.2 cm, and an average weight of 12 grams. They are all made of pure gold with round square holes.

On the front is the statue of the left Buddha and the right Bodhisattva, and on the back is the four characters "Chunhua Yuanbao".

The country has recovered 2043 such gold coins, and it is estimated that there are still more than 300 gold coins lost, some of which drifted across the sea and were lost overseas.

The batch that Chen Wenzhe saw was certainly not lost from Wutai Mountain, and the number of [-] he understood was relatively large.

How can a large porcelain altar with a height of more than [-] centimeters hold five or six hundred gold coins?

The "Chunhua Yuanbao" he saw, the two Buddha statues cast on the back of the money, are supported by lotus thrones and auspicious clouds.

On the left is a standing statue with knotted hair on its head, hands clasped together, body slightly to the right, standing on a lotus pedestal.

On the right is a seated figure, who is sitting on a lotus pedestal with a backlight.

The numbers "one", "two", "three" and "four" are engraved on the upper edge of the back of the money, which may be the sequential numbers of Chunhua.

One of them, a gold coin with a diameter of 23mm and a weight of 11.4g, sold for 2010 yuan in the autumn auction of 26.88.

Of course, this is an ordinary product, an ordinary gold coin, and there are more expensive ones.

For example, a gold coin with double Buddhas on the back of Chunhua Yuanbao in the Northern Song Dynasty weighs 11.4g. It is also very beautifully preserved and very rare.

In June 2021, at the Dengtong coin auction, it was sold for 6 yuan.

"Chunhua Yuanbao" carries "Three Buddhas" offering gold coins, diameter: 41.68mm, weight: 42.50g.

The appearance is slightly uneven, but it is also relatively rare, so it was sold at a high price of 2020 yuan in the October 10 coin sale in Shendu Poly.

There is also a "Chunhua Yuanbao" that is well preserved and exquisite in appearance, commonly known as "shrinking Chunhua".

This coin is 24.5mm in diameter and is very beautiful.

This coin was sold at a price of 2019 yuan at Dahai Hongsheng's 5750 autumn auction. You must know that this is "shrinking Chunhua".