The silver coin has a high market value, and the current market value should be more than one million. On the contrary (the price of copper coins is very low)
silver dollar
The silver coin Guangxu Yuanbao 1898 was issued with a fineness of 9 1%. Inscriptions are cast on the front, and the words "Made in XX Province" or "Mint General Factory" are cast in regular script on the top. The currency value below is "Kuping, one coin, four cents and four cents", and the words "Guangxu Yuanbao" are directly pronounced by the central government, with the Manchu character "Guangxu Yuanbao" as the currency heart. On the back of the silver coin, the words "Made in XX Province" or "Mint Factory" are written in small English standard font above the outer ring, and the English currency value is written below. The inner ring is cast with Panlong figure as the center, with exquisite appearance and aesthetic style of Hubei Guangxu Yuanbao 10.
Ten wonders of Hubei Guangxu Yuanbao. Small as coins are, we can also get a glimpse of social culture.
First, one or two banks of the Ministry of Finance are the biggest mechanism in China.
Two, the word "two" is divided into two versions from "person" or "entry".
Third, the market value of money is high, and the market value should be more than one million.
4. Specifications and dimensions of this currency: the local currency diameter is 43.4 mm, the starting dimension of side height is 3. 1 mm, the ratio is 14: 1, and the weight of one or two standard containers should be 37.3g.. Origin of dimensions and specifications: The Mint of Hubu entrusted the Bank of Zheng Jin, Japan to handle molds, and consulted the Mint of Osaka, Japan. The Bureau believes that the coin diameter should be 14 times or 15 times based on the convex edge, and it should be 17 to 18 times based on the coin thickness.
5. Actual production quantity of this currency: with the approval of Yuan Shikai, a total of six or seven thousand local currencies were trial-produced.
6. This coin is the one with the most exquisite craftsmanship, perfect carving and the strongest sense of relief among all Yang Long silver coins in China (including all silver coins issued abroad). The mirror surface is flat and smooth, and the decorative pattern is customary line (customary line-the academic language of modern mechanical drawing, that is, the intersection of plane and plane, plane and surface, surface and surface). ) I can see it clearly, especially one or two series of silver coins at home, which are beautifully cast, with deep mouths, lines and side teeth, and are completely foreign-made sample coins. As a currency that can be circulated at any time (although it is not in circulation), its secret anti-counterfeiting is unprecedented. The surface of the coin is thick and mellow, and even amateurs who have no research on silver dollars can't put it down, which is very ornamental.
Every household has one or two silver coins. Regular script calligraphy is extremely exquisite and elegant, and the shelf structure is balanced and stretched, which is second to none in Yang Long. Fakes are almost the same, with the characteristics of unsmooth words and blurred images. Its characters are lost in the wind, generally with low silver content, and there is no rust patina, so the anti-counterfeiting secret is even more impossible! Counterfeit money and counterfeit money are purely a good example.
In fact, the characteristics of the silver and copper coins cast so far cannot be compared with those of the household department. The most important two points: first, almost every stroke and decoration of the coin has added a little bit that is difficult to imitate so far, which is amazing. Secondly, there are two clear dzi beads on the back of Panlong longan, pointing directly at the Dragon Ball, which is simply the best Panlong relief work. Up to now, many counterfeit money, counterfeit money and coins are unmatched!
Jiangnan province earned seven dollars and two cents.
1897 (23rd year of Guangxu), three kinds of silver coins made in jiangnan province (commonly known as Old Jiangnan) were minted.
1905 (from the 23rd year to 31st year of Guangxu), the silver coins produced by Jiangnan Mint in eight years were added with the calendar year (commonly known as New Jiangnan), and it was the earliest province in China with a series of silver coins engraved over the years. According to the statistics of coinage in eight years, the thirty-first year of Guangxu coinage was the least, but more than two million silver coins were also minted, with the most year being the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu. This year, * * * minted more than 50 million silver coins, which shows that the production capacity of this mint is extraordinary. 19 1 1 year (Xuantong three years), Jiangnan Mint * * minted 705,000 pieces of one-dollar silver coins, 55,000 pieces of twenty-dollar silver coins and 65,438 pieces of ten-dollar silver coins. There are two kinds of "gold ingots made in jiangnan province and Xuan Tong" in the world, one is four points and four corners (20 cents) and the other is seven points and two corners (10 cents).
Copper (coins)
At the end of the Qing dynasty, copper prices rose sharply, and people destroyed money for copper to get several times of profits, so there was a money shortage in the market. Due to the suspension of casting money in Guangdong, the market is short of money, and small-scale circulation is very inconvenient. In order to save the money shortage, influenced by Hong Kong copper coins and foreign currency, in June of Guangxu 26, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Deshou and the former Governor Li Hongzhang authorized Guangdong to imitate the casting mechanism of Hong Kong copper coins. Therefore, the casting of mechanism copper coins in Qing Dynasty began in Guangdong. Then Fujian, Jiangsu and Guangxu ingot copper coins.
Guangxu yuanbao copper coin
Sichuan and other provinces have successively copied copper coins.
Copper coins are 95% red copper, 4% white lead, 1% tin. Each coin weighs two yuan, which is ten pence. The center of the front is "Guangxu Yuanbao" and Manchu "Baoguang", and the outer ring is beaded. The inscription on it is "Made in Hubei". The lower edge of the Ji value text is "Dang Shi"; On the right center of the back, a "flying dragon" figure and a bead circle are cast, with "KWANGTUNG" on the upper edge and "ONECENT" on the lower edge.
In addition, when the 20th Guangxu Yuanbao was made, the front was "Guangxu Yuanbao", the outer edge was Manchu and household name (or provincial name), and the next one was made when money was made.
Hubei Province is the pioneer of copper coins in China. In the following 50 years, copper coins were produced in large quantities, totaling tens of billions, and a large number of them have remained to this day. So the value of ordinary copper coins is not high.
Compared with square hole copper coins, machine-made copper coins are better cast, the market is happy to use and the circulation is smooth. The following year, the government ordered the provinces along the Yangtze River to allow imitation casting. Later, copper coins were minted all over the country. So ten coppers are cast in different places, which is the most obvious feature that distinguishes different ten coppers.