刀幣是春秋戰國時期的青銅鑄幣之一。其形由春秋時期的農具、手工工具和日常用具——刀演變而成。種類不一，按其文字或形狀，有齊刀、即墨刀、安陽刀、潭邦刀、針首刀、炎首刀、明刀、平首刀、直刀等。主要流通于春秋戰國時期的齊、燕、趙等國。
Dao coin is one of the bronze COINS in the spring and autumn period and warring states period. Its shape from the spring and autumn period agricultural tools, hand tools and daily utensils - dao evolved. According to its characters or shapes, there are qi dao, jimo dao, anyang dao, tanbang dao, needle dao, yan dao, Ming dao, flat dao, straight dao and so on. The main circulation in the spring and autumn period of qi, yan, zhao and other countries.
刀幣流通范圍偏于我國東方與北方，具體地說，最初在齊、燕境內行用，而后在趙、中山等國與布錢并行。齊刀，在其面文中均有“法化”二字，化者，貨也，法化者，法定貨幣也，取象于商周時期的實用工具青銅削，背外刃內，是我國春秋戰國時期青銅鑄幣的一種。從歷史材料來看，齊刀始鑄于桓公執政期間（前685年~前643年）。《管子》載：“桓公鑄幣于莊山。”齊刀銅質精良，形體深厚，篆文書體華美典雅。
Specifically, it was first used in qi and yan, and then in zhao and zhongshan. Qi dao, which has the word "fa hua" in its face, is a kind of bronze coin in the period of spring and autumn and warring states. According to historical materials, qi dao was forged during the reign of duke huan (685 ~ 643 BC). Guan guan contains: "huan gong minted COINS in zhuang shan." Qi dao is fine in copper, deep in form and elegant in seal style.
在古錢幣中最具有收藏潛力之一的錢幣當屬齊刀幣。齊刀幣屬于異形錢，是戰國時期齊國的貨幣，因形似削刀被稱為刀幣。齊刀幣留存世間數量不多，外形美觀大方，因此，具有非常大的升值空間。布幣、刀幣成為市場熱點，除了布、刀是中國古老貨幣、具有古樸之風，其次是民族文化的延伸外，還因為其年代久遠、流傳稀少，價值較高。
In the ancient coin has one of the most potential collection of COINS should be qi dao coin. Qi dao coin belongs to special-shaped coin, which was the currency of the state of qi in the warring states period. Qi dao coin retained in the world a small number of beautiful appearance generous, therefore, has a very large appreciation space. Cloth coin and knife coin have become the hot spot in the market. Besides the fact that cloth and knife are ancient Chinese currency with primitive style and the extension of national culture, they are also old, rare and of high value.
