始铸于唐高祖武德四年开元通宝钱，在我国钱币史上具有划时代的地位。“开元”，意指开辟新纪元；“通宝”，意指通行宝货。开元钱的划时代地位
文字庄重、隽秀、挺拔，时称其工。其字在篆隶之间，其词先上后下，次右左读之（即直读，读作开元通宝）。自上及右回环读之（即旋读，读作开通元宝），其义亦通，流俗谓之开通元宝钱。”
“开元通宝”折十大钱，少量铸造属开炉纪念性质，存世量极少。有着一千年以上的历史，见证着唐代开元通宝的铸制与流通，在我国钱币形制发展史上有着划时代的意义。开元通宝简称开元钱或通宝钱。开元即“开国奠基”之意；通宝则是“流通宝货”之内涵。铜钱名曰通宝，反映了当时人们对货币作用有了进一步的认识，以钱为宝，则意味着货币即财宝观念的增强和人们对其崇拜程度。
Founded in Wude, Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, Kaiyuan Tongbao coin has an epoch-making position in the history of coins in China. "Kaiyuan" means to open up a new era, and "Tongbao" means to pass precious goods. The epoch-making status of Kaiyuan Qian
The words are solemn, meaningful and elegant, which is called their work. Its characters are between seal and official scripts, and its words are read first up and then down, then right and left (that is, direct reading, read as Kaiyuan Tongbao). Reading from the top and right circles (that is, rotational reading, read as Kaitong Yuanbao), its meaning is also clear, the popular saying is Kaitong Yuanbao Qian.
"Kaiyuan Tongbao" discounts ten dollars, a small amount of casting belongs to the nature of commemoration of open-hearth, the stock is very small. With a history of more than one thousand years, it witnessed the casting and circulation of Kaiyuan Tongbao in Tang Dynasty, which has epoch-making significance in the development history of coin form in China. Kaiyuan Tongbao is abbreviated as Kaiyuan Qian or Tongbao Qian. Kaiyuan means "founding a country and laying a foundation"; Tongbao means "circulating treasures". Tongbao, the name of copper coin, reflects people's further understanding of the role of money at that time. Taking money as a treasure means the strengthening of the concept of money as treasure and the degree of people's worship of it.
