Research On Coinage In Qing Dynasty Xianfeng Period

The coin is an important carrier of ancient China’s economic development, it carries a function of storing value, and it is also an important role in the currency circulation. Qing Dynasty is the last dynasty of the more than two thousand years of feudal society in China. Its economic production and social life as well as the monetary system are in the brink of collapse of the feudal society and the beginning of the new era. No matter the amount or the versions of Qing Dynasty coins are far more than that of the other Chinese dynasties coins. The Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty has the most complicated kinds of mint coins. So the Xianfeng mint coins reflects the time characteristics of the monetary system best.First, this paper analyzes the social background of the casting of big coins as well as iron coins, lead coins in Xianfeng period.Secondly, I studied the ancient coin casting method, the nature and the characteristics of the different coins.Again, this article focuses on the mint coins circumstances and typical mint coins of the Mint Coin Bureaus of Xianfeng period.Ultimately, by researching the background, the detailed practicing situation and the economic impact of the Xianfeng period mint coins restructuring and combining with a large number of images, historical documents and textual representation, the article elaborates the characteristics of the Xianfeng period mint coins, and its interaction with the politics and economy.