元寶又稱金錠，是中國古代貨幣體系中的一個重要組成部分，同時也是古代國家財政收入的重要媒介。
ingot， also known as gold ingot， was an important part of the ancient Chinese monetary system and an important medium of the financial income of ancient countries。
金錠作為一種古老的貨幣，天生就是一種“財富”的象徵，賦予了金銀的更多珍藏價值。金錠是古代值錢的流通貨幣，一般都是銀元寶和銅錢為主要流通貨幣。古代一兩黃金等於八兩白銀或1500個銅錢。傳統意義上的金錠一般指的是金元寶，在不同歷史階段的名稱不一樣，如早黃金貨幣戰國楚國版狀的為金版，漢代馬蹄形的為馬蹄金，餅狀的為金餅，宋代弧首束腰的為金鋌，元代之後兩側起翅的為金元寶，到了清代還有長方形金錠、立方體金錠、橢圓形金錠、葫蘆形金錠等。
As an ancient currency， the gold ingot is born a symbol of “wealth”， giving more treasured value to gold and silver。 Gold ingot is the ancient valuable circulation currency， generally silver ingot and copper money as the main circulating currency。 One or two ancient gold was equal or silver or 1500 copper。 Traditional sense of gold ingot generally refers to the gold ingot， in different historical stages of different names， such as the early gold currency of the warring states Chu version for gold， han dynasty horseshoe gold， cake， song dynasty arc waist for gold collar， yuan dynasty after both sides of the wings for the gold ingot， in the qing dynasty and rectangular ingot， cube ingot， oval ingot， gourd gold ingot， etc。
此組大清金錠形狀為亞腰橢圓形，橢圓的兩邊上翹，中間低平，呈馬蹄形，寶面鑄有篆體“壽”字紋，淨重一共：167。9g，自然得體，寓意吉祥；寶背鑄有“足金”戳記，成色十足，分量壓手。其元寶正面“壽”字紋，可以看出其屬於賀壽的壽禮，帶有吉祥的喜氣，具有豐富的文化內涵，歷史傳承等；其鑄造工藝亦精益求精，一絲不苟，當屬精品之作！
This group of Qing gold ingot shape is subwaist oval， oval elliptical sides warped， low middle， horseshoe shape， treasure face cast seal character “longevity” lines， net weight： 167。9g， natural decent， meaning auspicious； treasure back cast “full gold” stamp， full of color， weight pressure hand。 Its ingot front “birthday” grain， you can see that it belongs to the birthday ceremony， with auspicious happiness， with rich cultural connotation， historical inheritance and so on； its casting technology is also refined， meticulous， should be a fine work！
人們認為金元寶是財富的象徵，也是居家求福求財、鎮宅求安寧的富貴吉祥物。金元寶鎮宅、富而有德、能長能久、圓滿人生。千百年來，金元寶一直被當作財富儲藏起來，是中華民族獨有的財富象徵。在古代，金元寶為鎮宅所用，有著保佑自己升官發財的寓意。室內擺放金元寶鎮宅，可以助益主人事業順遂、延年益壽，財源廣進。
It is thought that gold ingot is a symbol of wealth， but also a rich mascot for wealth at home and town houses for peace。 Gold ingot town house， rich and virtuous， can grow long， a successful life。 For thousands of years， the gold ingot has been stored as wealth， and is a unique wealth symbol of the Chinese nation。 In ancient times， gold ingot was used for town houses， with the meaning of bless their promotion and fortune。 Indoor placed gold ingot town house， can help the master‘s career， prolong life， a wide source of resources。
這種珍稀的收藏品，一直以來都是大收藏家夢寐以求的，劉益謙曾說，對於這種極具收藏價值的藏品，收集到便是緣分，福氣。現在市面上流通的，大多數為贗品，因為真品存世量是極為稀少的，真品“老掉牙的金元寶”，經常都是有價無市。
This rare collection， has always been the dream of big collectors， Liu Yiqian once said， for this collection value collection， collection is fate， blessing。 Now the market circulation， most of the fake， because the amount of real products is very rare， the real “old gold ingot”， is often priced without the market。