额济纳元钞考察记(一)

科学考察行记不仅有原始科学资料价值,而且有人文科学价值。元钞是现在所发现的最早的古代纸币。20世纪初,俄国科兹洛夫探险队在内蒙古额济纳旗黑城发现元代纸币,是元钞实物的第一次面世。1927年西北科学考察团对额济纳地区进行了较大规模的考察。70年代甘肃省博物馆考古队在黑城和居延地区组织了一次新的发掘,发现了一批元代纸币和两万多枚汉简。80年代内蒙古考古研究所在黑城又发现了一些元钞,因此作者踏上了额济纳考察之路。

An Investigation into the Banknotes of Yuan Dynasty in Erjina

The banknote in the dynasty of Yuan is the ancient banknote at the earliest. At the early period of 20th century, the expeditionary party in Russia found the banknotes of Yuan Dynasty in Heicheng Erjina Inner Mongolia and it was the first time that the objects of Yuan Dynasty were seen. In 1927 the northwest investigation teem investigated the area of Erjina massively. In 1970s the archeological team of Gansu Museum had a new exhumation in Hecheng and Juyan, and found batch of banknotes and twenty thousands bamboo strips in Han Dynasty. In 1980s Inner Mongolian Archeological Research Institute found some banknotes of Yuan Dynasty, when the author's study on Erjina began.