历史货币的研究,实物是最重要的依据。解放后,在湘西地区先后发掘了历代古钱币16处,其中墓葬6处,窖藏10处,出土古钱币140522枚,重495.2公斤。文物工作者在多年的考古发掘中,从14万枚出土的古钱币中发现一个值得深思的奇特现象:三国以前东汉、西汉、秦的钱币有,南北朝以后隋、唐 The study of historical currency, in-kind is the most important basis. After the liberation, unearthed 16 ancient coins in ancient times in western Hunan, including 6 tombs and 10 cellars. There were 140,522 ancient coins unearthed, weighing 495.2 kilos. During many years of archaeological excavations, cultural relics workers found a peculiar phenomenon worth pondering over the 140,000 unearthed coins: the coins of the Eastern Han, Western Han and Qin Dynasties before the Three Kingdoms were found in the Sui and Tang Dynasties after the Northern and Southern Dynasties