乾隆寿字金元宝是乾隆年间稀有的硬通货，民间几乎没有使用，只有宫廷涉及大额交易才用到金锭金砖，古代的钱币也是按等级划分，从小的小平钱到大的当千铜币，再往上就是银子，小的瓜子银，碎银子，大的银锭等等，而金瓜子，金条，金锭，金砖民间几乎见不到，金砖只在国库作为镇库使用，是国家的备用资金，而金锭也是高官贵人才有实力使用的，能够留存至今实属难得。
寿字金元宝（铜鎏金）
底部可见足金字样，表面有一层老黄金的金水，与现代的黄金颜色有着明显的区别，表明这件金元宝是铜鎏金的，在清代国库空虚，就连国家的镇库金砖都是铜鎏金的，足以体现当时国家经济状况，此金元宝正面为草篆寿字，在当时为贺寿礼钱的最佳选择，表明包浆自然，为开门真品元宝。
中国是世界上最早使用金属铸币的国家，距今已有四千余年历史。发展过程中连绵不断，形成了极具东方色彩的中国货币体系，而其中金元宝更是在世界钱币史上独树一帜。金元宝其外文意思等同于金币，属中国古代流通货币，即熔铸成锭的黄金。在中国货币史上，正式把金银称作“元宝”，始于元代。不过，早在唐初开元年间，民间就有取其硕大、贵重之意，读为“开通元宝”的。而元代称金银钱为“元宝”，则是元朝之宝的意思，黄金叫做金元宝，银锭叫作银元宝，其既有政治含义，也是对金银货币约定俗成的通称。
清朝的银元宝多以马蹄形的元宝出现，经过熔铸，又可分为大锭、中锭、小锭，通称金块或金锭此外还有碎金。由于各地均可自行熔铸，以致其种类和名称虽然全国大体一致，但成色与重量并不一律。各地使用不同成色名目的金锭，相互兑换均有一定的折算比率。由于金元宝是当时最贵重的贵金属，价值巨大，一般仅作为纳税和大宗交易使用。而当时的国库储备通常以金银锭作为储备货币，这足以看出金银锭在当时的金融地位。
银锭正面是篆体寿字，外形像一个小船，底部有足金字样，不过此元宝是铜鎏金的，在当时是以金元宝进行交易，由此证明当时国库空虚，黄金储备不足的现象，货币收藏也有等级之分，从铜币到银币，再到样币，最高等级就是金币，而金元宝无疑是规格更高，存世量更稀少，其价值不可估量。
乾隆至今经历了战争、掠夺、熔铸、损耗，时至今日，存世已经极其稀少，而“存世量的大小是决定古钱币价值的最重要因素，“物以稀为贵”是永恒不变的规律；由其宝面“寿”字纹，可以看出其属于贺寿的寿礼，带有吉祥的喜气，具有丰富的文化内涵，指的传承；其铸造工艺亦精益求精，一丝不苟，当属精品之作！
这对寿字元宝，无磕，无残，品相完美，历经漫长的岁月，表面金水已经脱落，这种高规格的金元宝在古代就连商家都很少见，百姓更是无法涉足，黄金在古代也是最高规格的金属，皇后的凤冠，皇上的皇冠都是以黄金为主足金制作的，这对罕见的寿字金元宝主要是贺寿之用，限量发行，具有极高的历史研究价值，以及经济收藏价值。
英文翻译：Qianlong long-lived word gold ingot is rare hard currency, qianlong folk almost no use, only use gold bullion bars, court involves the big deals in ancient COINS is also rated, since the childhood of a little money to big when thousands of copper and silver, small seeds silver, silver, large pieces of silver, and so on, and gold melon seeds, gold bars, gold bars, the brics folk almost can't see, Gold bricks are only used in the Treasury as a town Treasury, which is the state's reserve fund, while gold ingot is also used by high-ranking officials and noble people, so it is rare to retain it until now.
Shou Character gold Ingot (bronze gilt)
Visible at the bottom of the fine words, the surface has a layer of old gold liquid gold, gold color and modern has obvious difference, suggests that the gold ingot is copper and gold, empty coffers in qing dynasty, and even the country town library the brics are copper and gold, enough to reflect the country's economic situation, the front of the gold ingot is grass of life of words, for the best choice to healtheries money at that time, patina nature, To open the door authentic ingot.
China is the first country in the world to use metal coinage, which has a history of more than 4,000 years. Continuous development process, the formation of the Oriental color of China's monetary system, and gold ingot is unique in the history of coins in the world. Gold ingot is equivalent to gold coin in foreign language. It is the currency of ancient China, which is the gold that is cast into ingots. In the history of Chinese currency, gold and silver were officially called "yuan Bao" in the Yuan Dynasty. However, as early as the kaiyuan years in the early Tang Dynasty, the folk had taken its huge, valuable meaning, read as "open yuan bao". The name of gold and silver money in yuan dynasty is "Yuan Bao", which means the treasure of the Yuan Dynasty. Gold is called gold yuan bao and silver ingot is called silver Yuan Bao, which has both political meaning and is also a common name for gold and silver money.
The qing Dynasty silver yuan bao mostly appeared in horseshoe-shaped yuan bao, after casting, and can be divided into large ingot, medium ingot, small ingot, commonly known as gold nugget or gold ingot in addition to broken gold. As all parts can be cast by themselves, so that the types and names of the products are generally the same in China, but the color and weight are not uniform. Gold ingot of different colors is used in different places, and there is a certain conversion rate for each exchange. Since gold ingot was the most valuable precious metal at the time, it was of great value and was generally used only for tax payments and bulk transactions. At that time, Treasury reserves usually take gold and silver ingot as the reserve currency, which is enough to see the financial status of gold and silver ingot at that time.
Pieces of silver positive is the design life of words, is shaped like a boat, the bottom has a fine words, but this is copper and gold ingots, is traded in gold ingot at the time, proving the empty coffers, less than the phenomenon of gold reserves, money collection are hierarchical, from copper to silver, to the specimen, the highest level is gold, and gold ingot is definitely higher specifications, The amount of existence is more rare, its value is inestimable.
Up to now, qianlong has experienced wars, plundering, melting and loss. Up to now, existence has been extremely rare. "The size of existence is the most important factor determining the value of ancient coins. From its treasure face "shou" character pattern, we can see that it belongs to the birthday ceremony, with auspicious happiness, with rich cultural connotation, refers to the inheritance; Its casting process also strives for excellence, meticulous, should be a fine work!
This life of word wing, no depletion, no residue, quality perfect, after long years, on the surface of the goldwater have fall off, the high standard of gold ingot in ancient times and even businesses are very rare, the people is not involved, gold metal is the highest level in ancient times, the queen's rockhopper, the emperor's crown are mainly made of pure gold, This rare gold ingot of longevity character is mainly used for congratulatory birthday, limited edition, with high historical research value, as well as economic collection value.
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