明代云南铜产与铸钱

Copper Production and Money Castingin Yunnan during Ming Dynasty

云南在元明两朝承南诏、大理遗制,普通流通货币不用铜钱,而用海贝、盐颗。但是由于云南盛产铜,而铜是铸币的基本原材料。因此在明朝时期,云南生产的铜,也被大量用来铸钱,甚至就在云南本地铸钱。

During Yuan and Ming dynasties,Yunnan inherited the legacy of Nanzhao’s and Dali’s system——the general circulation of the currency was not copper coins,but ses shells and salt pellets.However,the abundance of copper in Yunnan,the basic raw material for casting coins,made the the copper produced in Yunnan cast money in other piaces or even in Yunnan during the Ming dynasty.