Throughout the history of China, in order to facilitate the circulation of goods and economic prosperity, each dynasty has made coins that represent the symbol of the current Dynasty, but from the material and style of making coins are different. Ancient Chinese coins sprouted in Xia Dynasty. At first, they were exchanged with shell coins. They originated from the Yin and Shang Dynasties, developed in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and unified in the Qin Dynasty. After more than 4000 years of long history, they have created more than 70 of the world's most.

而今日为大家介绍的钱币则是两枚在历史上具有代表性的钱币，分别是五铢钱，以及中华民国开国纪念币十文。

The coins introduced to you today are two representative coins in history, five baht coins and ten pieces of commemorative coins of the founding of the Republic of China.

1、五铢钱

五铢钱是我国钱币史上使用时间最长的货币，也是用重量作为货币单位的钱币，在我国五千年的货币发展史上起到了深远的影响。西汉武帝元狩五年（公元前118年），在中原开始发行五铢钱，从此开启了汉五铢钱的先河。一直到东汉末年为止，除了中间有些小的变动（例如王莽统治的时期）之外，西汉、东汉上下四百年内，五铢钱一统天下。

1. Five baht money

Wuzhu coin is the longest used currency in the history of Chinese currency, and it also uses weight as monetary unit. It has a profound influence on the development of Chinese currency for five thousand years. In the fifth year of Yuanshou (118 B.C.), Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, wuzhu coins were issued in the Central Plains, which started the development of wuzhu coins in the Han Dynasty. Until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for some minor changes in the middle (such as the period of Wang Mang's rule), five baht coins dominated the world in 400 years.

五铢钱奠定了中国通货铸币圆形方孔的传统。这种铜钱外圆内方，象征着天地乾坤。“铢”是古代一种重量单位，一两的二十四分之一为一铢。

The five baht coins established the tradition of round square holes in Chinese currency coinage. This kind of copper coin symbolizes heaven and earth. "Baht" is an ancient unit of weight, one twenty-four of which is one baht.

直径：2.58cm 厚：0.17cm 重：3.9g

Diameter: 2.58cm Thickness: 0.17cm Weight: 3.9g

此币正面书有“五铢”二篆字，字体修长秀丽，风格一致，“五”字交笔缓曲，上下与两横笔交接处略向内收。“铢”字“金”头有如箭镞形。其形制整齐，钱面光洁，钱内外郭略高于钱面，薄厚一致。此币印制规整，品相完整，文字美观大方，锈色自然流畅，古朴大气。

On the obverse of the coin, there are two seal characters of "wuzhu". The characters are slender and beautiful, with the same style. The "Five" characters are gentle and curved when they are crossed, and the joint between the upper and lower strokes is slightly inward. "Zhu" character "Jin" head is like an arrow. Its shape is neat, the surface of money is bright and clean, the inside and outside of money is slightly higher than the surface of money, and the thickness is the same. This coin is printed in order, with complete appearance, beautiful and generous characters, natural and smooth rust color, and simple atmosphere.

2、中华民国开国纪念币十文

中华民国开国纪念币是铜元收藏研究中数量较少，也是很重要的一个品类，甚至可以说是民国铜元的主体品种。

2. Ten commemorative coins of the founding of the Republic of China

The commemorative coin of the founding of the Republic of China is a very important category in the collection of copper coins, which is even the main variety of copper coins in the Republic of China.

辛亥革命胜利后，由其主要领导者孙中山成立了国民政府，孙中山就任中华国民政府的临时大总统，针对当时货币款样多元化的混乱局面，孙中山倡导铸造属于中华民国的机制币，这种钱币因为流通时间较短，流通区域受限，所以传世量少。

After the victory of the 1911 Revolution, Sun Yat-sen, the main leader of the national government, established the national government. Sun Yat-sen became the interim president of the national government of China. In view of the chaotic situation of diversified currency types at that time, Sun Yat-sen advocated to cast the mechanism currency belonging to the Republic of China. Because of the short circulation time and limited circulation area, this kind of currency has a small number of generations.

直径：2.82cm 厚：0.14cm 重：6.3g

Diameter: 2.82cm Thickness: 0.14cm Weight: 6.3g

正面是币铭，上方是“中华民国”四字，下方为“开国纪念币”五字。“民”字出头，有人认为寓意“民主胜利”。正中是两面相交的旗帜，绶带的双结扣在上，下有穗，两侧装饰花朵。背面是币值，珠环双圈外上缘为连叶纹。环内“十文”两字居中，下方由饱满的麦穗和舒展的豆叶相环绕。

On the front is the coin inscription, on the top is the "Republic of China", on the bottom is the "Founding commemorative coin". Some people think that the word "people" means "Democratic victory". In the middle is a flag with two intersecting sides. The ribbons are double knotted on the top and ear on the bottom. Flowers are decorated on both sides. On the back is the value of the coin, and on the outside of the double circles of the bead ring is the double leaf pattern. The word "ten Wen" in the ring is in the middle, and the bottom is surrounded by full ears of wheat and stretched bean leaves.

品相完好，币面整洁，铜锈自然，光泽明亮，色泽均一，有着较高的艺术价值。

Good appearance, neat coin, natural rust, bright luster, uniform color, with high artistic value.