Guangxu Yuanbao was one of the currencies in circulation during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang, Hubei Province, took the lead in introducing British minting machines to mint silver and copper dollars, and then the provinces followed suit. A total of nineteen provincial bureaus cast, except for the central household department, the copper dollars cast by local provinces, all of which engraved the name of the province on the upper edge of its front. Counted: 1 household department; 2 Beiyang; 3 Jilin; 4 Fengtian; 5 Qingjiang; 6 Zhejiang; 7 Jiangnan; 8 Guangdong; 9 Shandong; 10 Fujian; 11 Hunan; 12 Hubei; 13 Sichuan; 14 Jiangxi; 15 Henan; 16 Anhui; 17 Guangxi; 18 Xinjiang; 19 Heilongjiang.
Guangdong Province makes ten yuan per dollar
The coin on the picture is intact, the minted text is clearly visible, and the pulp is naturally thick, which is a rare beauty. In the center of the front is "Guangxu Yuanbao" and Manchu "Baoguang", the outer ring bead circle, and the upper edge of the Jidi script is "Made in Guangdong Province". The lower edge of the era is written as "ten yuan per dollar";
Guangdong Province makes ten yuan per dollar
The back center is cast with a "flying dragon" figure and bead circle, the upper edge of the English era "KWANGTUNG", the lower edge of the English era value "TENCASH".
Guangxu Yuanbao is the first of the large-denomination currencies in circulation in the Guangxu year of the Qing Dynasty, and is the first batch of printing and circulation currencies introduced from overseas technology in the mainland, which also contains certain historical significance for today.
In the Qing Dynasty, silver coins, paper notes, and copper coins were issued in parallel, and new silver dollars were issued during the Jiaqing period, while more gold and silver coins were minted during the Guangxu period. The foreign affairs movement also affected the mint industry, and Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang, commissioned the British minister to order a full set of minting machines in England in the thirteenth year of Guangxu (1887), and the first mint of silver and copper dollars in the Guangdong Money Bureau. Subsequently, provinces followed suit and purchased foreign machinery to cast silver and copper dollars. Many mints, including the Guangdong Money Bureau, are ordered from the famous Birmingham Mint Inc. in London, England.
Great Qing copper coin household department C Noon Year Ezi
Great Qing copper coin, scientific name Qing Dynasty mechanism copper circle, this coin face has the center of the "Great Qing copper coin" four Chinese characters, embedded "E" character represents Hubei Province, the upper end is the Manchu "Great Qing copper coin" word, flanked by the year of the Year of the Great Qing Dynasty. In the middle of the edge, there are two Chinese characters for "Hubu", and the lower end is "Ten Texts for Making Money". The product is intact, the casting text is clearly visible, and the pulp is naturally thick and thick, which is a rare beauty.
In the center of the back of the money is a dragon, the upper end is "Guangxu Nianzao", and the lower end is the English "Tai-Ching Ti-Kuo Copper Coin" (Qing Empire copper coin).
There are many layouts of copper coins in the Great Qing Dynasty, especially when the ten are the most. Many Qing emperors issued copper coins as circulating currency during their reign, and the use of copper coins has important practical and historical significance, which makes transactions gradually convenient. Nowadays, the Great Qing copper coins also have a certain collection value, many collectors love the Great Qing copper coins, and collecting a variety of copper coins has become their goal.
Cultural significance
The Guangxu Yuanbao and the Great Qing Copper Coin are a fusion of Manchu, Han and British cultures, with the fusion of distinct Manchu chinese characters on the front and the intervention full of Western cultural elements on the back.
Historical significance
Before the Guangxu Yuanbao and the Great Qing Copper Coin were minted for the sand-turning method, and since the beginning of the Guangxu Yuanbao, it has been pressed by a machine at one time, known in history as the mechanism coin; it is the first batch of printing and circulation currencies introduced from overseas technology in the mainland, which has epoch-making historical significance.
Collectible value
With the passage of time, a large number of Guangxu Yuanbao were lost. In particular, the scarce version of the Guangxu Yuanbao is rarely preserved in the world, as we all know, antique cultural relics are rare and expensive, and the Guangxu Yuanbao records a historical bump, which is favored by collectors and has become the focus of many buyers.