西方国家的钱币多以纪念性的人或物的图案为主,而中国的古钱币一直是以文字作为主要装饰,具有很高的书法艺术审美价值,这一现象前后持续了两千多年,一直到清代末年才宣告结束。把两千年来的钱币排列起来,钱文各体兼备,篆、隶、楷、行、草体应有尽有,或书于名家、或出于帝王,许多钱币上的文字堪称是书法艺术精品,无疑是一部生动的书法艺术演变发展史。我国钱币以造型、书法独步寰宇,为西方钱币所未有。认识中国的文化历史不仅是在文化典籍、青铜器、陶瓷中……同时也在古钱币中,并由此而产生了收藏、鉴赏、把玩钱币的“钱币 The coins of western countries are mostly based on the designs of monuments or objects of commemorative people. However, the ancient coins in China have always been characterized by the text as the main decoration and have a high aesthetic value of calligraphy art. This phenomenon lasted for more than two thousand years before and after, It was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty. The two thousand years of coins arranged, money and money both the body, seal, Li, Kai, line, grass body everything, or book in the famous, or out of the emperor, many coins on the call can be called calligraphy art boutique, no doubt A vivid history of the evolution of calligraphy art. Our coins to shape, unique calligraphy world, as the West has never been. Recognizing China’s cultural history is not only in the cultural classics, bronzes, ceramics ... but also in ancient coins, and the resulting collection, appreciation, playing coins, ”coins