两宋时期鄂东地区的钱监

The coin factory in the eastern of Hubei during the Song dynasty

湖北东部铜、铁等金属矿藏丰富,在两宋铸币业的发展中,这一地区出现过一些重要的钱监。北宋和南宋时期鄂东钱监的类型和地位不同,其中铜钱监在唐五代的基础上虽有明显发展,但在全国范围内影响较小;而南宋时期鄂东地区集中了当时四川以外的多数铁钱监,铁钱铸造量巨大,在南宋货币及矿冶经济中占有突出地位;而且这一地区的铸币业在两宋历史上所表现出来的延续性在各矿冶区中也很罕见。

there are rich mineral resources such as capper and iron in the eastern of Hubei, where with the development of mint industry during the Song period some important mint factories had arise. The type and the status of those factories in north song were different with which in south song, and the copper coin mints grew obviously since the age of tang dynasty, but their influence was limited in the whole country. Comparatively, durng the south song period in this region most of iron coin mints had conccutrated except of whose in Sichuan, these mints had created gigantic amount iron coins and had crucial status in the mint industry and economy, and the continuation of those mints was rarely seen in song＇s age.