浅析宋代海南的货币使用和流通情况

On the Use and Circulation of Coins in Hainan in the Song Dynasty

在海南出土的钱币中,最早的是“半两”钱。自宋代开始,海南社会经济的发展在大量移民进入、生产技术和生产力显著提高、海外贸易空前发展的推动下,进入到一个真正的全面开发时期,使得货币在一定的范围和领域得到使用和流通。两宋时期的货币在海南各地大量出土便是佐证之一。宋代以前的钱币在海南只是作为一种财富贮藏手段,而真正发挥货币的价值尺度、流通和支付手段应始于宋代。

Of the coins unearthed in Hainan, the earliest is the coin dubbed the 'half-tad'. Since the Song Dynasty, Hainan had witnessed strident social and economic development under the spell of the large influx of immigrants, marked improvement of production technology and productivity, and the unprecedented advancement of overseas trade, thus having caused coins to be used and circulated within certain scopes and fields. One of the ample evidences for this is the excavation of many coins of the Song Dynasty in various parts of Hainan. Prior to the Song Dynasty coins were just a means of wealth storage , and it was only from the Song Dynasty that coins commenced to bring into real play their value measurement as well as the means of circulation and payment.