十二生肖花钱是古代花钱一种。花钱源于汉代，早期主要是民间自娱自乐的一种玩钱，并不用于流通，材质大都比较粗糙，但种类繁多，之前也给大家介绍过几枚长命富贵、状元及第等等花钱，有兴趣的朋友可以翻看了解一下。古代的花钱和现在的纪念币有些相似，但用途更加广泛，寓意也更加复杂，通常是辟邪、吉祥纪念的寓意。

此枚十二生肖花钱，直径5.3cm。十二生肖花钱币面构图合理，纹饰逼真，寓意丰富。花钱一面为十二生肖图，“子丑寅卯辰巳午未甲酉戍亥子”十二字环绕在十二只栩栩如生的生肖上，代表十二时辰，又代表一年十二个月和人的十二属相。另一面为圆形八卦图，“乾、震、坎、艮、坤、巽、离、兑”八个卦象和符号，代表世间万物、阴阳五行，以八卦衍生至无限，包罗万象。

此钱圆孔圆钱，铜质精纯，包浆老道自然，文化价值与收藏价值非常高，充分体现了古代民俗与古人精神面貌，图案造型大气生动展现出了浓郁的民俗文化色彩，图案考究，蕴含着老百姓对美好生活的向往和期待，极富收藏价值。

英文翻译:

Spending money is a kind of money in ancient times. Money from the Han Dynasty, early is mainly a kind of folk entertainment play money, not used for circulation, the material is mostly rough, but a wide variety, before also introduced to you a few longevity and wealth, number one and so on money, interested friends can look at it. The money in ancient times was similar to today's commemorative coins, but it was used for a wider range of purposes and had a more complex meaning. It was usually meant to ward off evil spirits and commemorate auspiciously.       The zodiac coin is 5.3cm in diameter. The twelve zodiac money coin surface composition is reasonable, vivid decoration, rich in meaning. Spend money on one side for the 12 zodiac diagram, "zi Chou Yin MAO Chen si wu wei jia you shuhai zi" 12 characters around 12 lifelike zodiac, on behalf of the 12 hours, but also on behalf of the 12 months of a year and the 12 zodiac signs of people. On the other side is a circular eight-diagram, with eight hexagrams and symbols of "stem, zhen, kam, gen, kun, xun, li and dui", representing all things in the world, Yin and Yang and the five elements. It is derived from the eight trigrams to infinity and covers everything.       The round hole circle money, pure copper wrapped slurry and natural, cultural value and collection value is very high, fully embodies the ancient folk customs and the ancients spirit, design modelling atmosphere vivid showed strong folk culture, design is elegant, contains the people yearning for a better life and look forward to, extremely collection value.