With the development of the times, the progress of science and technology, now with cash out of the people is less and less, after all, as long as you take out the mobile phone, show the "payment code", "Didi" two times can complete the payment, it is indeed very convenient, in this trend, cash is also farther and farther away from us. Of course, advocating mobile payment can of course, but also absolutely can not deny the existence of cash, to know that coins as a currency, has a history of thousands of years, and we in China, is also the first use of metal coinage. Since it comes to coins, it is better for me to talk to you today about the famous coin "Yuan Datou" in the Republic of China period, and its value cannot be underestimated.
"Yuan Datou" is a colloquial colloquial name for coins printed with Yuan Shikai's head, its full name is "Yuan Shikai Statue Back Jiahe Silver Coin", when Yuan Shikai forced Puyi to sign the abdication edict on the front foot, the back foot became the provisional president, and the first thing he did after becoming president was to unify the currency.
As we all know, in the late Qing Dynasty, the great powers of various countries invaded China, resulting in countless foreign currencies pouring into China, the number of which amounted to more than a hundred, and these currencies had different specifications and cumbersome conversions, which brought great inconvenience to the lives of ordinary people, so Yuan Shikai's decision to unify the currency was actually a very wise choice.
In February of the third year of the Republic of China (1914), Yuan Shikai, in his capacity as president, promulgated the "Regulations on the National Currency" and the "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the National Currency Regulations", which clearly stipulated that the right to mint and issue coins belonged to the government of the Republic of China, and named the circle with "kuping pure silver six dollars and four quarters and eight cents as the price unit".
There are 4 kinds of denominations specified, namely one round, medium circle (five corners), two corners, one corner, and now the more common one on the market is one yuan denomination. After the rules are formulated, the following is the time to mint the currency, Yuan Shikai is definitely a "can not lose" lord, he ordered that the top of the new currency, to print his head, so "Yuan Datou" came into being.
In order to ensure that his "Yuan Datou" was quickly accepted by the people, Yuan Shikai made great efforts in the cost, according to the data, the weight of the "Yuan Datou" coin is particularly sufficient, taking the 1 yuan coin as an example, its weight is 6 yuan 4 minutes and 8 millimeters, of which the silver content is 89%, the copper content is 10%, the tin content is 1%, which is the currency with the most silver content that year. Coupled with the regular shape of the "Yuan Datou" coin, the novel pattern and the excellent production, it was soon welcomed by everyone, quickly replacing the Longyang of the Qing Dynasty and becoming the main currency in the circulation field.
Seeing that his "Yuan Datou" was so popular with everyone, Yuan Shikai was very happy, and immediately ordered that mints across the country work overtime to mint silver coins, according to the data, from 1915 to 1916, the Nanjing Mint alone produced 379 million "Yuan Datou", this number is really amazing. By 1929, the total circulation of "Yuan Datou" had exceeded 750 million pieces.
It was not until the founding of New China that the government recycled "Yuan Datou", it gradually withdrew from the historical stage, and to this day, it is difficult to see "Yuan Datou" on the market. Just as the so-called "rare things are precious", the "Yuan Datou" that can be seen everywhere in the past has also changed into an item that many collectors are scrambling to buy, with prices ranging from 700 yuan to 5,000 yuan (the price is related to the casting time and product).
Among them, the most valuable, is the Republic of China eight years "signature version" trial coinage, its number is extremely rare, even in the special coin auction is difficult to see, the current industry's valuation of it is about 100,000 to 150,000 yuan / piece, this price is really good. But also because of the good price, now more and more people imitate "Yuan Datou", if there are readers and friends interested in buying, be careful!