中国的钱币萌芽于夏代,起源于殷商,有着四千多年的悠久历史。它涉及中国古代的政治、经济、历史、地理、工艺、文字等领域,具有丰富的信息含量和极高的收藏价值。尤其是这些钱币上的文字,不仅见证了我国文字演变的历史,而且不少出自名家之手,具有很高的艺术水准,为后人所珍重。 China’s money sprouted in the Xia Dynasty, originated in Shang Dynasty, has a long history of more than four thousand years. It relates to the ancient Chinese politics, economy, history, geography, technology, writing and other fields, with rich information content and high collection value. Especially the words on these coins, not only witnessed the history of the evolution of our writing, but also many from the hands of masters, with a high artistic standards, for the descendants of the treasure.