光绪元宝

　　清代银币、纸钞、铜币并行,至嘉庆年间发行新式银元,而光绪年间铸行金、银币更多。洋务运动也影响到铸币业,两广总督张之洞曾于光绪十三年(1887年)委托使英大臣在英国订购全套造币机器,并在广东钱局首铸机制银元和铜元。其后,各省纷纷仿效,购制国外机械铸造银、铜元。包括广东钱局在内,许多造币机均订购自著名的英国伦敦伯明翰造币有限公司。英国大工业的介入,使银币也沾染上西方色彩。

　　In the Qing Dynasty, silver coins, banknotes, and copper coins were in parallel, and new-style silver dollars were issued during the Jiaqing period. During the Guangxu period, more gold and silver coins were cast. The Westernization Movement also affected the coin industry. In the thirteenth year of Guangxu (1887), the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Zhang Zhidong commissioned the British Minister to order a complete set of coinage machines in the United Kingdom, and the first coinage of silver and copper coins was made in the Guangdong Money Bureau. After that, various provinces followed suit one after another and purchased foreign mechanical casting silver and copper dollars. Including the Guangdong Money Bureau, many minting machines are ordered from the famous London Birmingham Mint Ltd. The involvement of the British industry has also stained the silver coins with Western colors.

　　

 

　　此云南省造光绪元宝一钱四分四厘银币,包浆匀厚,传世痕迹明显。钱面:珠圈内汉文“光绪元宝”四字、中心阴阳图,圈外上环“云南省造”,下环“库平一钱四分四厘”。

　　This Yunnan Province made Guangxu Yuanbao a quarter of a silver coin of four cents and four cents, the patina is uniform, and the traces of handing down are obvious. Money noodles: the four Chinese characters "Guangxu Yuanbao" in the bead circle, the yin and yang picture in the center, the upper ring is "made in Yunnan Province", and the lower ring is "Kuping one coin and four cents and four cents".

　　

 

　　钱背:无论文字和纹饰,皆十分精到,凸凹鲜明,文字笔划和纹饰线条圆滚,显示模具冲压着力深打,致其品相精美无比,工艺水平极高。光绪元宝更是银币收藏的大类,历来都受到很多藏家的关注,此枚云南省光绪元宝库平一钱四分四厘具有独特的韵味,值得藏家深品。

　　Qianbei: No matter the characters and decorations, they are all very precise, the convex and concave are vivid, the writing strokes and the lines of the decorations are round, which shows that the stamping of the mold is hard to hit, resulting in an extremely exquisite appearance and an extremely high level of craftsmanship. Guangxu Yuanbao is a major category of silver coin collections, and has always attracted the attention of many collectors. This Guangxu Yuanbao coin from Yunnan Province has a unique charm and is worthy of collectors' deep taste.