民国前期,湖南造币厂滥铸铜元,获利甚巨,当时走马灯一样变换的湖南军政府当局,均把造币厂当作重要财源之一,湘督兼省长赵恒惕说:“造币厂为公有营业机关,所有军政各费,纯赖该厂余利,藉以挹注”1。该厂滥铸铜元的高额利润,也引起社会的注目,当时的货币史等著作中曾多有道及。张家骧《中华币制史》说:“湖南造币厂铜元余利一项,几 In the early period of the Republic of China, the Hunan Mint had cast a huge amount of copper and made huge profits. Hunan military authorities, which were the same as the lanterns at that time, regarded the mint as one of the important financial resources. Governor Zhao Hengtiao said: ”The coinage Plant for the public business organs, all military and political fees, purely rely on the plant Yu Lee, in order to pay attention to “1. The plant’s excessive profits from copper ingot also caught the attention of the community. At that time, there were more works in the history of currency. Zhang Jiali ”Chinese currency history“ said: ”Hunan Mint copper yuan Yu a, a few