乾隆通宝是乾隆时期的流通货币， 乾隆皇帝在位的60年里施展其“文治武功”的治国策略，创造了封建社会里最后一个辉煌盛世，之后民间便盛传佩带“乾隆通宝”铜钱可驱灾辟邪，又因乾隆二字谐音“钱隆”而备受后世藏家所喜爱的钱币。

该钱币铸于清高宗乾隆年间（1736-1795年），背面的满文比较复杂，上面有很详细的价格和钱币拓片。钱面文字"乾隆通宝"以楷书书写，其字从上而下而右而左直读。钱背文字沿雍正满文钱式穿孔左边有"宝"字，穿孔右边铸有各局名 。币种与不同时期形状与大小也有不同

乾隆通宝铸于清高宗乾隆年间(1736-1795年)，背面的满文比较复杂，可以参考华光普的《中国古钱币目录》，上面有很详细的价格和钱币拓片。历史年代为，清高宗乾隆年间(1736～1795年)。绝大部分为小平钱，新疆红钱有部分当十钱，宝泉、宝巩发现有大钱，但应为开炉或后铸花钱，非行用品。

乾隆通宝，字从上而下而右而左直读，钱背文字沿雍正满文钱式穿孔左边有"宝"字，穿孔右边铸有各局名。乾隆通宝”版式很多，钱文方面京局的多用宋体，宝浙局多用楷书，宝陕、宝川两局用隶书，但大多数地方钱局用宋体。新疆红钱部分局背满文，其他则背维文和满文。少数钱背有星、汉字，又有记年，记值，合背，吉语等钱。乾隆常见的共有二十二个铸局，新疆红钱有六个铸局。

Qianlong Tongbao was the currency in circulation during the Qianlong period. During the 60 years of Emperor Qianlong's reign, Emperor Qianlong used his "cultural and martial arts" strategy to create the last glorious age in feudal society. After that, it was widely spread among the people that wearing "Qianlong Tongbao" copper coins could drive away disasters and ward off evil spirits. Because of the homonym of "Qianlong", it was loved by later collectors.

The coin was coined during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795). The Manchu characters on the back of the coin are complex, with detailed price and rubbings on it. Qianlong Tongbao was written in regular script, and its characters were read from top to bottom, right to left. The characters on the back of the coin are perforated along the Yongzheng Manchu coin style, with the word "Bao" on the left and the names of each bureau on the right. The shape and size of currency are different with different periods

The Tongbao of Qianlong was coined in the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795), and the Manchu on the back is quite complex. It can be referred to huaguangpu's catalogue of ancient Chinese coins, which contains a detailed price and a rubbings. The historical period was the Qianlong period of the Gaozong of Qing Dynasty (1736-1795). Most of them are small flat money, and some of Xinjiang red money is ten. Baoquan and Baogong find that there is a large amount of money, but they should pay for the opening or casting after the furnace, non-commercial goods.

Qianlong Tongbao, the word from the top down to the right and the left straight reading, Qian back text along the Yongzheng Manchu style perforation left with the word "Bao", the right side of the perforation cast with the names of each bureau. There are many formats of "Qianlong Tongbao". In terms of money and literature, the capital bureau uses song style, baozhe bureau uses regular script, while Baoshan and Baochuan use official script in both departments, but most local money bureaus use song style. Some of Xinjiang red money Bureau back Manchu, others back Uyghur and Manchu. A few money has stars and Chinese characters, and also has money such as years, values, combined recitals, auspicious languages, etc. There are 22 casting bureaus common in Qianlong, and six in Xinjiang Hongqian.