Qianlong Bao Tong was the currency of Qianlong period. During the 60 years of Gan Long's rule, Gan Long implemented the general plan of "ruling the country by civilization and ruling the world by force", which created the last brilliant prosperity of feudal society. Since then, it is widely rumored that wearing the "Ganlong Baotong" copper coin can ward off evil spirits, because it is homophonic with Gan Long's "Ganlong", which is deeply loved by later collectors. This coin was cast in the Qianlong period of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty (1736- 1795), and the back is full of traditional Chinese characters, with detailed price and coin rubbings.
1, Longtongbao coin is about 25mm in diameter and weighs about 3g. Money is regular script, and words are read directly from top to bottom and from right to left. There is a word "Bao" on the left side of Yongzheng Manchu-style money-style tooth hole, and the name of the bureau is cast on the right side of the tooth hole. Money has different shapes and sizes in different periods.
2. In the 13th year of Yongzheng (1735), Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty ascended the throne and was renamed Qianlong. Casting "Ganlong Baotong" still needs 1 US$ 2 cents. Shufa Qian casters are more exquisite than Yongzheng casters. At first, the Qing government continued to implement the deflation policy. Compared with Yongzheng, the money bureau increased and decreased. First of all, after four years of Qianlong, the Third Bureau of Baohe, Baogong and Baoji stopped. Qianlong opened Fu Bao Bureau in five years, Guibao Bureau in seven years and Baozhi Bureau in ten years. Before the Qianlong dynasty, money was made of copper, lead and zinc, and there was no tin, so it was called "yellow money". Five years later, it is stipulated that 2% tin should be added to the copper material for casting money, which is called "green money". Officially, putting an end to private money is actually equivalent to losing weight. Over the past 40 years, the situation of private casting has increased day by day, and provincial officials have stolen casting, and the government can do nothing. In addition, the copper production in Yunnan has been declining year by year, which leads to the soaring copper price and the rising cost of coinage. The Qing government then adopted a deflation policy, stopped casting Baodi, Dali, Guangxi, Lin 'an and other bureaus, and encouraged businessmen to import copper from overseas. However, these measures failed to fundamentally solve the problem. Although folk casting has decreased, the official money has not increased, and folk transactions are even more short of money, so the phenomenon of using ancient money has appeared. Fifty years after the opening of Gan Long and Baozhi Bureau, the standard of casting money was relaxed, which led to the uneven quality of making money in Gan Long in the later period, which was not as good as that in the earlier period.
3. With the soaring prices in Yongzheng and Shunzhi periods, many people began to pay attention to the Qing Dynasty coins, especially the variety of Ganlong Baotong. Gan Long Bao Tong also has a special meaning, because Gan Long's homonym symbolizes "wealth" and "prosperity". It reflects people's good wishes for the prosperity of the country and economy at that time and their yearning for a carefree life in the future.
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