“钞票”如今是“钱”的通称,但最初两者却是各有所指的,钱指的是铜钱,钞票指的却是纸币。t相对于铜钱,纸币的历史较短,晚至北宋时才逐渐形成,距今不过千年。然就世界货币史而言,我国的纸币还是最早的。纸币的形成是与经济发展密切相关的。近日有学者认为,宋朝是我国古代经济最繁荣的时代,所以纸币形成于宋 “Bank note ” is now the common name of “money ”, but initially both have their own meaning, money refers to the copper money, banknote refers to the paper currency. Compared with the copper coins, the history of banknotes is relatively short, and it gradually formed as late as the Northern Song Dynasty, only a thousand years ago. However, in terms of the world currency history, our country’s paper currency is still the earliest. The formation of banknotes is closely related to economic development. Recently, some scholars think that the Song Dynasty was the most prosperous era of our country’s ancient economy. Therefore, the paper currency was formed in Song