王茂荫的货币观

On Wang Maoyin's Pointview of Currency

王茂荫在咸丰元年(1851年)上《条议钞法折》,建议清廷发钞以解决财政困难,又在咸丰四年(1854年)上《再议钞法折》,主张对新发行的户部官票和大清宝钞兑现银两,成为信用货币,制止已经发生的通货贬值。他认为"纸虚银实",提出了"以实运虚"的货币观点。王茂荫反对铸大钱,尤其反对铸当五十以上的大钱,认为大钱"以虚作实""似实而虚"。

In the first year of Xianfeng （ 1851 ）, Wang Maoyin presented a memorial to the throne with the Report on Currency, and suggested the Qing royal court to issue money to solve the financial difficulty. Again he presented a memorial to the throne with the Second Report on Currency, and stood for exchanging the official bank notes issued by the Ministry of Revenue and the treasured money issued by the Qing royal court for the money of credit, in order to stop the inflation and money devaluation. Wang Maoyin considered that paper money was false and silver was solid, putting forward the currency standpoint as being solid for false. Wang Maoyin opposed casting large - valued coins, especially the ones more than 50 be cause he thought that large - valued coins just meant taking falseness as solidness：