雲南位居中國西南邊疆，長期以貝幣作為交易與賦稅媒介而未通用內地的銅錢。明代中葉以後，明廷曾數次於雲南鑄錢以供流通，但成效均相當有限。直至天啟朝，雲南城市才逐漸形成銀、錢並行的通貨使用習慣。及至清康熙中葉，官方鑄造制錢亦借重滇省銅產之利獲取鑄息，以因應當時龐大的軍政開支。但清廷在雲南鑄錢仍因供應過剩、疏通不易而使錢價劇貶，最後被迫長期停鑄。雍正時期恢復鑄錢後，滇錢雖仍有供過於求的問題，但此時官方已將滇省鑄錢作為供應內地省份流通的重要來源，此不僅得以局部調節雲南錢法壅滯的問題，緩解全國錢貴的現象，亦對當時滇省財政的改善有相當的助益。

Yunnan, located in the southwest border area of Mainland China, natives of Yunnan to use cowry shells as a medium of exchange and taxation. After the Ming Dynasty's intermediate stage, the government planned to cast copper coins and supply them for circulation in Yunnan, but it's success was quite limited. Until the Tian-Chi Period, in many cities people monetary transactions had formed the custom of silver and copper coins. During mid Kangxi Period of Qing Dynasty, official took advantage of Yunnan's copper production to gain the interest of cast for huge military expenditure. However, the cast of copper coins in Yunnan were unable to circulate smoothly because of excess supply and being difficult to adjust. So Yunnan's cast of copper coins was forced to stop manufacturing for long time. After the cast restarted in Yongzheng Period, Yunnan's copper coins were often oversupply, but official had put the cast of copper coins as the important source for circulation of inland province. This not only eased the excess supply of copper coins and nationwide high coin price, but also contributed to improve Yunnan's financial condition.