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Chapter 983 New Coins Put into the Market (Fourth Update)

"Here are 100 million yuan of silver dollars and 1000 million yuan of copper dollars." The staff of the Mint led the officials from the Supervision Office, the Audit Office, and Da Yuer to the warehouse where the new coins were temporarily stored.

One million yuan of silver dollars weighs more than two tons, and the 100 million yuan of copper dollars is even more terrifying. Most of the wooden boxes are loaded with copper dollars and a small amount of silver dollars.

"Let's start the inventory, and I hope there will be no omissions." The officials of the Audit Office held several registration forms and asked the employees of the mint to open the wooden boxes one by one to carry out the complete inventory.

The amount of the first batch of silver and copper coins minted is quite large.The wooden box was opened, and exquisite copper and silver coins appeared in front of everyone.

"Each box is marked with the specifications and quantities of silver and copper coins it contains. For example, there are [-] copper coins with a denomination of one round in this wooden box, and every [-] coins is a column, and there are [-] columns." The employee pointed to one of the wooden boxes and said.

"I thought that 1000 million yuan would be a lot of copper coins, but I didn't expect a wooden box to contain [-] yuan worth of copper coins." An official from the supervision office who arrived was a little surprised to see the [-] copper coins in the wooden box.

"There is also this box with ten thousand ten-yuan silver dollars, which is only so small." The mint employee pointed to a wooden box and said, "A ten-yuan silver dollar, according to the new decimal unit, has a thickness of only 2.5 mm, a column of two hundred pieces is only half a meter high."

Everyone originally thought that the counting of 100 million silver dollars and 1000 million copper dollars would be a rather time-consuming task, but now it seems that the counting will be completed soon.

"These silver and copper dollars are not enough to meet the needs of so many people, and they may not even satisfy the commercial trade in and around the capital. They are just used as throwing stones to ask the way to see if they can be welcomed by the people." Da Yuer also knows this. insufficient.

With Huaxia's size, it may be ten times larger than the silver and copper coins we see now.

Before putting this batch of silver and copper dollars on the market, the quantity needs to be reviewed by the Supervision Office and the Audit Office, and then handed over to Kyushu Bank.Then it is released through Kyushu Bank.Even if ordinary people do not take the initiative to exchange broken silver and old silver for new silver dollars, as long as they go to Kyushu Bank to retrieve their savings or silver deposits, Kyushu Bank will issue them silver or copper dollars.

"Miss Da Yuer, why not worry, our silver and copper coins are well-made, and the silver or copper content of each silver or copper coin is within the allowable range of error, which can definitely satisfy the common people." An employee of the mint said. He patted his chest confidently and replied.

If it is hammered by hand or using the pouring method, the fineness of different silver coins may be very different, but if it is minted by a machine tool, the error is quite small.

Da Yuer saw the end of the production of the first batch of silver and copper coins. In the future, she only needs to continue to recycle old coins to produce new coins, and her task of supervising the mint has also come to an end.She then only held a civilian role in the newly formed Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy Committee, acting as an economic adviser.

It seems to be a little leisurely.When it rises to the macro level, Da Yuer doesn't need to worry about the specific details, but she feels a little flustered after she is free.

"The first batch of silver and copper dollars, the number can be checked, and then some of the silver and copper dollars will be randomly checked and weighed to see if they meet the specifications."

After checking the quantity and quality, the first batch of silver and copper dollars was escorted to the Kyushu Bank under the protection of soldiers.

Soon, people who withdraw money at Kyushu Bank received new coins.

"These are the silver and copper coins mentioned in the newspaper? Can they really be used?" A resident got a few silver coins with the dragon pattern and dozens of copper coins with the spike pattern, and some doubted whether people would recognize this new coin. currency.

"Don't worry, according to the newly passed currency law, those who do not accept new currency will be dealt with as violating the law." The employee of Kyushu Bank said.

"That is to say, if I use this kind of silver and copper dollars to buy things, if the merchant is unwilling to accept it, I can go to the government office to sue him?" the resident asked.

"That's the truth."

Before the new currency was issued, the Kyushu Daily, as a powerful public opinion tool of the Kyushu Army, had already promoted the new currency in advance. Most of the residents in the capital already knew that the new currency would be put into use this month, and the old currency would be recycled and minted into new currency. .The silver dollar and copper dollar will be unified in weight and face value.

When the first batch of residents got such silver and copper coins, they were apprehensive and somewhat novel. With the backing of the government, all merchants dared not refuse to accept the new coins, so circulation was not a problem at all.

Silver dollars with exquisite patterns have become a new topic in the market, and some residents who have taken the new coins have attracted the attention of others.

"Look, this is the dragon coin. In the past, the dragon was a symbol that only the emperor could use. Now it is on the silver coin, so we can use it too." A middle-aged man played with a ten-yuan silver coin between his fingers, and everyone around him voted for it. Come envious eyes.

"I also have silver coins withdrawn from the Kyushu Bank." Another big merchant in silk clothes walked in from the gate. He had a small stack of silver coins in his hand, which he stacked on the table indifferently.

"One, two, three...thirty pieces, that is, three hundred yuan..." People around used their peripheral vision to count the small stack of silver dollars brought out by the big merchant, all of which were ten-yuan silver dollars with the largest denomination.This is equivalent to about 20 taels of silver.Those who can take out these silver coins at one time and play with them can be said to be rich.

Not only the people in the capital were a little strange because of the issuance of new coins, but even the Spanish merchants who came to the capital for trade also knew the news that the government promoted silver and copper coins.

"Look, this is a dragon coin minted by the government of the Eastern Celestial Dynasty. Its exquisiteness is even higher than our Spanish silver dollar. As for the fineness, it is not much different. They are all [-]% silver." A Spanish businessman managed to get a few silver coins. , and handed it to other arriving Spanish businessmen to watch.

"Sure enough, it is very exquisite, and the patterns are lifelike. I am afraid that there will be a lot of competition for our Spanish silver dollars in the future." A Spanish businessman was full of worries when he saw that the silver coins issued by the government were more advanced in casting technology.

"What's even more frightening is that they have established a western company and are preparing to go to our west for direct trade. What should we transshipment merchants who risk our lives come to the east to find silk, porcelain, and tea in the future?"

For the all-round competition in trade and currency that began to rise in the East, these Spanish businessmen who ventured to the East to pursue profits had to think about what role they should play in this fierce competition that was about to begin.

　Changed the number of the first batch of new coins in Chapter 980
　　
　
(End of this chapter)