【藏品名稱】：咸豐重寶
[collection name]: Xianfeng chongbao
【藏品類別】：錢幣
[collection type]: Coins
【藏品簡介】：古代錢幣燦若星河，而要論古錢幣的價值，當屬清朝咸豐年間流轉的錢幣——咸豐重寶為最。咸豐重寶是珍稀的古錢幣，在歷史的推移下，雖然早已經失去了原有的流通功能，但因它是政治、經濟、文化、藝術的載體，則被賦予了藝術價值、觀賞價值、收藏價值等更為齊全的功能，這也便是錢幣愛好者如此鐘情于收藏咸豐重寶的重要原因。
[introduction to the collection]: ancient coins are as bright as stars. When it comes to the value of ancient coins, they belong to the coins circulated during the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty - Xianfeng's treasure is the most important. Xianfeng treasure is a rare ancient coin. With the passage of history, although it has long lost its original circulation function, it is endowed with more complete functions such as artistic value, ornamental value and collection value because it is the carrier of politics, economy, culture and art. This is an important reason why coin lovers love collecting Xianfeng treasure so much.
咸豐重寶是清朝咸豐年間流通的貨幣之一。自古以來古泉愛好者最關心并致力于收藏和欣賞的計值錢幣。咸豐重寶一直被收藏家們視作無價之寶。地域性政權發行貨幣的時間也相當短，加上流通地域狹小，所鑄貨幣價值不菲。其工藝亦可以稱為鎏金，質地渾厚有實感。清代咸豐年間，因西方資本主義實力入侵及國內太平天國起義的影響，導致政局危機四伏，財政基本枯竭。清政府為挽救幣制行將崩潰之勢，而鑄造咸豐大錢。當五以下稱“重寶”，五十以上分為“咸豐元寶”。“咸豐重寶”又可分為當四、當五、當八、當十、當二十、當三十、當四十、當五十，共八等。其中寶泉局咸豐重寶錢幣版面設計優雅，雕刻精良，但是，鑄造量不多，所以存世極罕，有極高的歷史價值與學術價值。
Xianfeng chongbao was one of the currencies in circulation during the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty. Since ancient times, Guquan lovers have been most concerned about and committed to collecting and appreciating the valued coins. Xianfeng treasure has always been regarded as priceless by collectors. The time of issuing currency by regional regimes is also quite short. In addition, the circulation area is narrow, and the value of the currency is very high. Its craft can also be called gilding, with thick texture and a sense of reality. During the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty, due to the invasion of Western capitalist strength and the influence of the domestic Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising, the political situation was in danger and the finance was basically exhausted. In order to save the currency system from collapsing, the Qing government minted Xianfeng big money. When five is hereinafter referred to as "heavy treasure", more than fifty is divided into "Xianfeng Yuanbao". "Xianfeng treasure" can be divided into four, five, eight, ten, twenty, thirty, forty and fifty, a total of eight. Among them, Xianfeng chongbao coins of Baoquan bureau have elegant layout design and excellent carving. However, the casting quantity is small, so they are very rare in the world and have high historical and academic value.
錢幣既是商品交換的手段，也是一種特殊的文化載體，它是特殊的商品又是精美的藝術品，也是各國各時期政治，經濟，文化藝術狀況的反映。中國古錢幣在它漫長的發展過程中已逐步形成了獨具特色的東方錢幣文化體系，因此它的價值被越來越多的人所發現，古錢幣也被越來越多的人所收藏，具有極高的收藏價值！
Money is not only a means of commodity exchange, but also a special cultural carrier. It is not only a special commodity, but also an exquisite art. It is also a reflection of the political, economic, cultural and artistic conditions of various countries in various periods. In its long development process, Chinese ancient coins have gradually formed a unique Oriental coin culture system. Therefore, its value has been found by more and more people, and ancient coins have been collected by more and more people, with high collection value!
