This dissertation has researched the issuing, circulating and exchanging of the local currency in Jiangxi province during the Republic of China period, analyzed the characteristics and social bases of Jiangxi local currency at that time, and understood the changes of the local currency and the transition of finance in Jiangxi province in modern tim.

Facing the "silver lack" problem appearing at late Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, some thinkers such as Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi, Lu Shiyi and Tang Zhen published their comments which introduced some currency projects such as discarding silver and using brass, "changing currency "etc.

As an important branch of historical economic geography, the study in monetary geography of history has not been given due attention by the academia so far.