As we all know, the ancient silver ticket is a piece of paper, and the ancients did not have the anti-counterfeiting technology we have now, so why does no one dare to counterfeit it?
You know, even today, when anti-counterfeiting technology is so developed, there are still people making counterfeit money, but why didn't this happen in ancient times?
In this issue, let's talk about the "anti-counterfeiting technology" of ancient silver tickets.
As we all know, China was the first country in the world to use paper money, as early as a thousand years ago in the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a paper money called "Jiaozi".
The birth of Jiaozi is also a true portrayal of the commercial and economic development of the Northern Song Dynasty.
In ancient China, in order to maintain their rule, the monarchs of all dynasties have always adopted the policy of "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce", and merchants ranked after scholars, farmers, and workers, and their status was very low.
However, in the Song Dynasty, the situation was very different, and the status of merchants was unprecedentedly improved.
During this period, merchants were no longer representatives of low status, but symbols of wealth, and people became more and more fond of dealing with them.
With the development of the commercial economy in the Song Dynasty, copper coins, gold and silver and other currencies could no longer meet daily needs, so in such a situation, the "Jiaozi" that could replace the circulation of copper coins was born.
However, at that time, Jiaozi was not considered a real currency, it was only used as a deposit certificate.
However, the birth of Jiaozi did play a more convenient role in the commercial development of the Song Dynasty, especially the development of the financial industry.
Jiaozi is actually the predecessor of the "Silver Ticket". Before Jiaozi came out, some speculators also wanted to make money by creating "fake Jiaozi".
In order to regulate the use and circulation of Jiaozi, the Northern Song Dynasty issued a strict decree that anyone who made fake Jiaozi would be sentenced to death.
In addition, in order to prevent counterfeiting, the relevant personnel will also print on the jiaozi"The forger shall be put to death, and the whistleblower will be rewarded with five taels of silver."Such words.
Of course, if you just write a sentence or two like this, you still can't deter those who speculate, as the saying goes, "there must be brave men under heavy profits", who can guarantee that they will not take risks for the sake of huge profits?
As a result, the Northern Song Dynasty made another effort in the raw materials for the manufacture of Jiaozi, stipulating the use of цее paper, and the manufacturing process is very complicated, which is beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
In addition, it was also ordered to prohibit the use of this raw material for the manufacture of jiaozi, and cut off the fake raw materials from the source.
In addition to the materials used to make them, the silver stamps were also printed with a variety of patterns, such as the dragon on the silver stamps of the Qing Dynasty.
The complex pattern greatly increases the cost of counterfeiting for counterfeiters, which also greatly avoids the occurrence of counterfeit coins.
But the ancients believed that this was still not enough insurance.
Therefore, after a lot of research and practice, the ancients used the technique of "two-color overprinting" or "multi-color overprinting" on silver tickets.
Even if the words of different colors are used, they are superimposed in order according to a certain extent, and the order is the anti-counterfeiting mark.
A small silver ticket, with so much anti-counterfeiting technology on it, I have to admit that the ancients were indeed very wise.
In this way, the generation of fake silver bills is avoided to a large extent, and the stability of the market is effectively maintained.
Of course, for the sake of insurance, in addition to using various anti-counterfeiting technologies on silver tickets, the ancients would also constantly change the version of the ticket.
In this way, when those who have just learned a type of ticket plate or pattern want to make counterfeit money, new silver tickets come out.
In this way, they will not have time to make counterfeit money, after all, their learning speed is far less than the speed of the ** exchange version and the issuance of new tickets.
In fact, the purpose of the ancients to improve and develop the anti-counterfeiting technology of coins is to achieve a more stable development of China's commodity economy without worries.
If a country does not pay attention to the anti-counterfeiting of coins, then it is impossible to develop a commodity economy.