In fact, ancient times had their own monetary system. According to historical records, twenty coppers can buy half a catty of beef and thirty coppers can buy half a catty of shochu. The average person needs to spend more than 100 copper coins to eat. In addition, at that time, copper coins were widely circulated among the people, and little money was given, even broken silver would be valuable. One or two pieces of silver are equivalent to a thousand coppers, and even broken silver is worth two hundred coppers. Those guests who leave with broken silver coins often take out four or five pieces of broken silver and put them on the table. The bartender is, of course, happy to accept the guests' rewards.
One tael of silver in ancient times was equal to two thousand dollars now. Watch TV dramas. At that time, one of the characters bought an altar of wine, 20 Jin of cooked beef and two roast chickens, and * * * spent one or two silver. And these weights can be enjoyed by six or seven people. In addition, when receiving and arranging in Lu Qian Hotel, he took out a silver or two, ordered three or four bottles of good wine, and ate whatever he wanted. It can be seen that one or two pieces of silver are very valuable. It is very quick to use broken silver when paying, and the store naturally has its own calculation method.
The store will hand all this over to the money house (bank) for sorting out. They will use equipment to measure and calculate the value of silver bars, and those that are difficult to calculate will be integrated into finished silver bars for future circulation. According to different colors, the value of silver ingots is different, which is easy to distinguish. So the previous monetary system was still very sound. After seeing broken silver in TV series, don't think it was a change at that time. In fact, it is used by the rich, and it is also to show the heroic demeanor.