Money Trail: Collecting and Investing in Financial Assets

Author: Shu Huifang, Shen Hong
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Financial products are a global collectible and investment category. Compared to stamps and magnetic cards, Chinese financial products originated over 3,000 years ago. The coin minting technology in financial products predates bronze casting technology, and their collecting history spans at least 1,500 years, making them the oldest collectibles in the "stamps, coins, and cards" category. As a collectible investment, choosing financial products as the primary category is justified. Because financial products themselves carry face value and possess circulating value as collectibles. In addition to their consumer use, coins also have aesthetic functions for appreciation and cultural artifact functions as historical materials. Financial products also offer extremely high investment value and return rates. Even for new China's set of banknotes with a circulation period of only 50 years, their current prices are often tens of thousands of yuan per piece, creating a multi-millionfold increase.