After the Wuchang Uprising in 1911, Li Yuanhong was elected as the military governor of Hubei, and when the Nanjing Provisional Government was established, he served as vice president. After Yuan Shikai's death in 1916, he succeeded him as president and immediately convened the National Assembly to restore various covenant laws. At that time, the Wuchang Minting Bureau issued a commemorative coin for the founding of Li Yuanhong, indicating that the dynasty had changed again. The obverse of this commemorative coin is a portrait of Li Yuanhong wearing a military hat, the outer ring is written with four large characters of "Republic of China", and the bottom is the word "Founding Commemorative Coin", with a plum blossom pattern engraved on the left and right. On the back is the denomination, along with the "Republic of China" written in English and the denomination.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, hundreds of silver coins were issued in various places, but there were only a few dozen kinds of coins with a commemorative nature, most of which were commemorated by the xinhai revolutionary figures.
Among them, the Li Yuanhong founding commemorative silver coin is one of the treasures of this, it is an earlier character commemorative silver coin, and now as a major category of warlord coins. This Li Yuanhong gold coin is 3.96cm in diameter and weighs 37.11g. Made of gold, the front is cast with a military hat statue of Li Yuanhong, which looks natural and mighty. The outer upper ring of the bead circle is engraved with the four characters of "Republic of China", the lower ring is engraved with the five characters of "Founding Commemorative Coin", and the plum blossom pattern is arranged on the left and right sides; the center of the back pattern is vertically engraved with the word "One Circle", the outer upper ring of the bead circle is engraved with English "THE REPUBLIC of China" (Republic of China), and the lower ring is engraved with English "ONEDOLLAR" (one yuan). The casting is fine, the appearance is perfect, and the pulp is natural.
At present, in the stamp card markets across the mainland, Li Yuanhong's commemorative gold coins like the founding of the people have been very rare and valuable, due to the small amount of survival, many coin collectors have turned their attention to the coin auction. In 2008, the crownless li yuanhong silver dollar sold at a very high price, the military hat Li Yuanhong silver dollar auctioned out at a very high price, the precious Li Yuanhong commemorative gold coin, its price has long been high, because its number is very rare, are in the hands of some large collectors, the basic market is difficult to see. This Li Yuanhong gold coin, well preserved, the handwriting of the money is clearly visible, rare in the world, it is a collection of treasures.
There are many factors that affect the price of ancient coins. First of all, coins are not easy to be collected, very easy to be corroded by moisture in the air; secondly, the number of ancient coins in existence is getting smaller and smaller, and after thousands of years of evolution, many ancient currencies are slowly disappearing. In recent years, collectors have refocused on ancient coins, hoping to collect some of the more precious ancient coins.
I. Li Yuanhong's founding commemorative coin with hat version:
Li Yuanhong's founding commemorative coin has two styles: the first weight is 26.8 grams, the silver content is 88%, the diameter is 39.6 mm, the front pattern is the portrait of Li Yuanhong wearing a military hat, the outer upper ring of the bead circle is "Republic of China" 4 characters, the lower ring is "Founding Commemorative Coin" 5 characters, there are plum blossom patterns on the left and right sides of the bead circle; the center of the back pattern is vertically written with the word "One Circle" denomination, the upper ring outside the bead circle is the English "Republic of China" letter, the lower ring is the English "One Circle" letter, and there are five-pointed stars on the lower sides. In addition, there is also a variety of English letters with errors in this style, which mistakenly mints "OF" as "OE", which doubles the value of this misprinted silver coin.
Second, Li Yuanhong's founding commemorative coin without crown version:
Collection Introduction: In the fifth year of the Republic of China (1916), when Li Yuanhong succeeded to the presidency of the Republic of China according to law, the Hubei Mint was ordered to mint this coin. On the obverse is a seven-point portrait of Li Yuanhong and the words "Commemorative Coin for the Founding of the Republic of China", with a plum blossom pattern on each side. Li Yuanhong is dressed in the regular clothes of the President of beiyang Zhenghu, with a gemdale golden flower collar badge and a first-class epaulette of the regular dress. The middle Chinese character "Yiyuan" in the back bead circle is decorated with a Jiahe pattern on the left and right, and each branch of Jiahe has one spike and three leaves. The upper and lower rings of the bead circle are in English with the words "One Circle of the Republic of China" in English, with a five-petal star on the left and right. The coin is mainly divided into two types: wearing a military hat and a crown-free hat, and there are incorrect versions in English. Li Yuanhong succeeded to the presidency on June 7, 1916, and left his post on July 30, 1917, due to the short minting period of the authenticity of Li Yuanhong's founding commemorative coins, between circulation and the end of circulation, the number is small.