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雕母的制作非常精良，质地选用上等铜料。在《皇朝文献通考·钱币考》一书中写到，各省铸钱均须“例由户局先铸祖钱、母钱及制钱各一文，颁发各省，令照式鼓铸之”。鲍康的《大钱图录》一书中记载，雕母“其穿孔非钱局人不能凿”。雕母的钱文非常精美，用手雕刻而成，文字细瘦高挺；字口深峻；笔画刚劲、有力；地章光洁，全身无铸造痕迹。穿孔大都是雕凿之后再锉光而成。雕母在铸钱过程中起规定钱式的作用，并在翻铸母钱时用于印模。雕母钱比同版流通的钱更大、更重，存世量非常稀少。
The making of the mother's carving is very excellent, and the quality is superior to copper. In the book "General Examination of Emperor's Documents and Coin Examination", it is written that all provinces must "make ancestor's money, mother's money and money by the household bureau's ancestors, issue each province, and make it according to the rules". Bao Kang's book "picture of the big money" records that "the perforation is not for the money Bureau." The money inscriptions of the carved letters are very exquisite. They are carved by hand. The characters are thin and tall; the words are deep; the strokes are strong and powerful; the ground is clean and the whole body is free of casting marks. Most perforations are made after carving. In the process of casting money, the carving mother plays the role of money type, and is used for impression when casting mother money. The money of the carved mother is bigger and heavier than that of the same edition, and the amount of money deposited is very rare.
第二部分 花钱之母钱
The second part is mother money.
花钱，以其形制类似古钱，性质非流通币而得名。花钱中的字文图案千姿百态，各具姿容，堪称古代“铜版画”。花钱中丰富的内容，是各代民俗民风的缩影；吉祥的内涵，代表着古代中国人民对美好生活的向往和祝福。花钱和古钱的联系，不但体现在它们形制的相似，而且体现在它们来源、工艺等方面的紧密联系。
