西汉皮币,载于《史记·平准书》;“乃以白鹿皮方尺,缘以藻绩,为皮币,直四十万.”两千年来,它都以货币形态的面貌出现在各种类型的货币历史书籍中。几乎全部的有关著作都认为它是中国纸币的雏型,滥觞,前驱,进而确认它“已与大额虚价纸币无异”,连《辞海》也把它解释为“是一种信用货币”,充分肯定了西汉皮币在中国纸币发展史上 The Western Han Dynasty leather currency, contained in the “Historical Records · Leveling Book”; “is the white deerskin square feet, margin of algae, as leather currency, straight 400000.” For two thousand years, it appears in the form of currency in a variety of Type of currency in history books. Almost all the books on the subject that it is the prototype of China’s paper currency, the origin, and then confirm that it “is no different with the large amount of false bullion”, even “Ci Hai” also interpreted it as “a credit currency” , Fully affirmed the Western Han Dynasty paper currency in the history of the development of Chinese currency