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- Daqian (Traditional Chinese: 大錢, "big cash") are large-denomination cash coins produced in the Qing dynasty starting from 1853 until 1890. Large denomination cash coins were previously used in earlier Chinese dynasties and had faced similar issues as 19th-century Daqian. The term referred to cash coins with a denomination of 4 wén or higher. Under the Xianfeng Emperor the government of the Qing dynasty faced large crises, most notably the Taiping Rebellion, which had heavily burdened the government's expenditures, as a response the government had introduced a large number of monetary reforms including the introduction of cash coins with high nominal values, while their intrinsic values were significantly lower. These cash coins were not well received by the Chinese public and their circulation was not long as the market would reject them rather quickly after their introduction. After 1855 all denominations of the Daqian other than the 10 wén ceased to be produced, while the 10 wén cash coins would continue to circulate at only 20% their nominal value. Most Daqian were copper-alloy cash coins, but iron and lead Daqian were also produced during the Xianfeng era. The Chinese Daqian happened concurrent with and may have inspired similar debasements of cash coinages in Tokugawa Japan, Joseon-era Korea, the Ryukyu islands, and Nguyễn-period Vietnam. (en)
- 大钱，中国钱币学术语，中国古代铜钱的最小计量单位为“文”，标准重量的铜钱称，价值为一文，币值大于一文的铜钱称大钱。西汉以后各朝代均曾铸造发行大钱，种类复杂，有当二、当三、当五、当十、当五十、当百等等，甚至有当千及以上的。总体而言，大钱的铸造量远小于小平钱，发行大钱可能出于“”的考虑，或为了敛财，也可能是因为财政紧张、铜料紧缺。中国古代每当铸发大钱，往往伴随着通货膨胀和经济秩序混乱。 (zh)
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