以古代钱币为研究对象的传统古钱学,发端于南朝梁代,形成于两宋之际,成熟于清末民初。作为旧式金石考古的一个分支,传统古钱学致力于古代钱币的纵线索排列和横剖面定位,泾渭分明,辨别精详,但局限性较大。正如《中国大百科全书》评价:“千余年来的古钱学研究,主要是对钱币资料的搜集、鉴别和考订”。解放以后,钱币研究开始摆脱传统古钱学的束缚,不再局限于单纯钱币实物的考证。能够实现这一转变的背景,汪庆正先生作 The ancient money as the research object of ancient money theory, originated in the Southern Dynasties Liang generation, formed in the Song Dynasty, mature in late Qing Dynasty. As a branch of the old-style archeology and archeology, traditional ancient money studies devoted itself to the arrangement of longitudinal cords and cross-sectional positioning of ancient coins. They are quite distinct and distinguished in detail, but their limitations are rather great. As the “Encyclopedia of China,” commented: “More than a thousand years of ancient money studies, mainly on the collection of money information, identification and test booking.” After the liberation, the study of coin began to get rid of the shackles of traditional ancient money, is no longer limited to a mere coin in kind. The background to this change is Mr. Wang Qingzheng’s work