《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪四》
北魏初建立时，民间都不使用钱币，孝文帝太和十九年时，开始铸造太和五铢钱，派钱工在工场铸造。
魏初，民间皆不用钱，高祖太和十九年，始铸太和五铢钱，遣钱工在所鼓铸。
When the Northern Wei was first established, the people did not use currency, and in the nineteenth year of Emperor Xiaowen of the Taihe period, they began to cast Taihe Five Zhu coins and sent money workers to cast them in the workshop.