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--- "Palace Words"
Money is indispensable in every country, both modern and ancient. Like we want to live in a mansion, want to eat food, we need money to support. The same is true in ancient times, like in ancient times, money was not as convenient as wechat transfers now, nor was it as simple as today's banknotes.
Ancient currency trading methods included gold, silver, copper coins, etc., until later silver bills were invented for convenience. According to scientific research, the ancient silver ticket is just a piece of paper, so we can't help but wonder, if there is only one piece of paper, then why is no one fake? It was not until scientists further understood that they found that the original silver ticket had a number of characters on it, which could not be forged.
The origin of the ancient silver ticket
We usually look at some film and television drama works or literary works, the most common should be broken silver and copper coins. Most of the people's trade in goods was also formed by gold, silver and copper coins. The appearance of copper coins is mostly square hole round money, and the raw materials for production are mostly copper alloys, so they are hard and incomparable, not afraid of fire or damage, and are one of the most commonly used currencies for the people.
The shape of silver is mostly in the shape of a treasure, and it is cast from silver, so it is not easy to damage. But the value of silver is relatively high, and some of the basic transactions of the people cannot use silver, so they basically use broken silver for trading. The shape of broken silver is different in size and shape.
So the question is, the basic daily transactions of the people can be replaced by broken silver and copper coins, so what should some merchants do if they have some large transactions. At first they traded some gold and silver, especially gold, which is still hard currency even today.
When you hear the name, you know that it is made of gold, and its shape is also the shape of a yuanbao. At that time, merchants used it a lot to trade, although it was valuable, but there was also a headache, that is, gold was very heavy.
It is good to take ten or twenty gold normally, but if the transaction amount is too large, hundreds of thousands of golds are not moved, first, it will take a long time and manpower just to carry these golds. Second, if you take stock of one box at a time, it is also a time-consuming and labor-intensive thing.
Then for the inconvenience of large-scale transactions, the government and businessmen also have a relatively perfect solution to this matter. They invented the silver ticket, which was mostly a large denomination. Using the silver ticket, you can go to the shop and exchange it for the corresponding gold or silver according to the amount on the silver ticket, and it is very simple and easy to get, which is similar to our modern passbook.
Moreover, it is also a silver ticket certified by the imperial court. Therefore, ancient merchants also used silver bills when they made large transactions, which is also the origin of silver bills and has practical help for merchants.
The style of the silver ticket Why no one fakes
So speaking of which, we can't help but have a question. A silver ticket is neither like copper coins nor gold and silver, it is just a piece of paper, so why did the ancients not make a fake? In fact, according to the records of the history books, although the silver ticket is paper, the paper is not ordinary paper.
During the Ming Dynasty, the paper used to make silver tickets was mulberry paper. During the Qing Dynasty, the paper used to make silver tickets was Koryo paper. Just by listening to this name, you can hear it, like these papers, are all royal paper, rich and noble, and the texture of the paper is also very good. It is not as bad as ordinary paper, although it is not as strong as gold and silver, but it is also very wear-resistant and durable. Moreover, in the market, even the average rich family cannot buy it, let alone some ordinary people.
Moreover, the wisdom of the ancients is far beyond our imagination, and the things we can all imagine, the ancients will only be more and deeper than we think. Although they are not as developed as modern times, they have money detectors that can identify the authenticity of money at once. But they also have their own set of anti-counterfeiting technology.
The first is the pigments with the pattern on the printed silver tickets, which are by no means common pigments on the market, but were specially developed by a group of craftsmen sent by the imperial court. And the way these pigments are made must not be passed on, only specific personnel know that these pigments are used on silver tickets, which are not easy to fall off and are not easy to wear and damage. It doesn't wash away because you accidentally fall into the water.
Secondly, on each silver ticket, if you look closely. There is a dense line of small characters, and we all know that the ancient way of writing is basically brushed, but these small characters can never be written with a brush. These small characters have been examined and are all carved.
We have seen more carvers or in ancient times, but generally carved some carvings on pillars, beds or chairs. Like carved on a silver ticket, but also must be small, this kind of carving has its own special set of craftsmanship, not to mention ordinary people, that is, ordinary officials and nobles, can not find such a carver.
These carvers were only instructed by the royal family to carve the small words on the silver tickets for the royal family. At the same time, they also have their own set of craftsmanship, and they have undergone ten or twenty years of training before they can go to carving. Therefore, in addition to the royal family, the idle generation can not afford to raise these carvers.
In summary, it is not difficult to find out why the ancient silver tickets were not counterfeited. First of all, the texture of paper is difficult to find. Secondly, the small print on the silver ticket is even more difficult, because the carving master of such a carving technique cannot be seen by ordinary people at all, and as for the rich and powerful people, they are already rich enough, and there is no need to do these illegal acts to forge the silver ticket.
epilogue
In fact, in our modern times, there are also many people who want to forge banknotes. But with the development of our technology day by day, with the continuous improvement of our technology to make banknotes, with the emergence of money detectors. Counterfeit banknotes are rarely seen on the market anymore.
In recent years, the comprehensive quality of our people has also been greatly improved, and everyone wants to get money through the labor of their own hands, rather than thinking of opportunistic. I have to say that it is also the success of our quality education, I believe that our generation, our next generation, through our continuous efforts, tomorrow will be even better!
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