China, the first country to use metal currency. Since the Yin Zhou Dynasty, China has used tooth shells as currency, and later due to the shortage of real shells, it has switched to imitation copper shells, which is a form of transition to metal currency.
Shell coins
Mainland copper coins were born in 1889 and are known as "mechanism coins". The copper coin is minted from the Hong Kong copper auxiliary coin, and there is no hole in the middle, so the appearance is different from that of previous copper coins. The birth of copper coins marks that the minting process of continental metal currency has entered the advanced mechanized production stage from the traditional hand I sand casting.
Double flag face
On December 29, 1910, after the Xinhai Revolution, representatives of seventeen provinces elected Sun Yat-sen as the provisional president of the Republic of China in Nanjing. The government of the Republic of China was established on January 3, 1919-2, the Qing Dynasty collapsed, and the feudal monarchy of China, which lasted for more than 2,000 years, came to an end.
Spike noodles
The central pattern on the front of the coin is "Eighteen-Star Iron Blood Flag" and "Five-Color National Flag" standing crossed, with ribbons behind the flag, and the double flag symbolizes national unity and national unity; the upper book outside the front circle of the coin reads "Made in Hunan Province"; below is the "Twenty Texts of The Money System" to indicate the value of the coin. The central pattern on the back is a rice spike composed of a Jiahe pattern, which means that the foot of the rich people is old;
Overlooking
Double Flag Coin not only has the significance of commemorating the establishment of the Republic of China, but also a circulating currency, the collection and investment value are relatively high, it witnesses its historical accumulation, it is not difficult to see that it has obvious historical transitional characteristics. The twenty texts of the double flag in Hunan are mainly distinguished according to the flowers on the double flag, and are divided into: chrysanthemums, five stars, plum blossoms, orchids, and diamonds. This kind of copper coin is generally ten texts, - ten copper coins are only twenty-two thousand texts, in Chinese history, the Republic of China only existed for a few decades. The above green rust is also a witness to historical precipitation, and it is not difficult to see the obvious historical transitional characteristics, which were auctioned for a high price of 766,000 on September 3, 2019.
Transaction records for September 3, 2019
The collection has experienced the baptism of time and years, the rust on the above bears witness to the accumulation of its history, has a very obvious historical transitional characteristics, although the copper coin has wear marks, but the preservation of the phase is relatively complete, the contour and pattern of the money are clearly visible, the pulp is naturally rounded, and it has been comprehensively identified as a genuine product that has been replaced by a certain economic value, artistic value and collection value.