【藝術品編號】： QYXC210030
[art no.]: qyxc210030
【藝術品名稱】: 坐洋幣1908（一組）
[art name]: sitting foreign currency 1908 (a group)
【藝術品規格】：重約：21.1g 直徑約：3.89cm
重約：21.4g 直徑約：3.89cm
[artwork Specification]: weight: about 21.1g, diameter: about 3.89cmWeight: about 21.4g, diameter: about 3.89cm
【藝術品簡介】：法屬印度支那貿易銀圓，俗稱坐洋，為清末在華流通的外國銀圓之一。銀幣正面為自由女神坐像，背面的裝飾圖案為麥穗，法文有“貿易銀元”和“法屬印度支那”等。坐洋，根據1952年在人民銀行內部出版的《銀元圖說》，其正式名稱應為安南銀元，亦稱“坐人”、“法光”、因為這種銀幣正面所鑄的自由女神坐像頭上的花圈有光芒七束，俗稱“七角”。但為了敘述方便一般采用“坐洋”的說法。
此組坐洋幣為1908年版，錢幣正面的主圖為手執束棒的自由女神坐像，坐像的兩側所鑄法文文字是：REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE。女神座下方有小字法文BARRE和該幣發行的年份1908。錢幣背面的主圖案為一花環，周圈為說明文字，花環上方鑄法文為：FRANCAISE INDO-CHINE，銀幣花環結帶上方帶有A字母。銀幣花環下方文字為：TITRE 0.900. POIDS 27 GR。整塊銀幣背面文字的中文意譯為：法蘭西印度支那。坐洋幣銀元整體制作精良，版面清晰秀美，文字方正，保存良好，在經過時間的洗禮，歲月的沖刷后包漿自然，更富有其濃厚的歷史感，此幣存世量極少，十分罕見，具有很高的藝術觀賞價值和文物價值。
[artwork introduction]: French silver trade in Indochina, commonly known as "Yang Yang", is one of the foreign silver coins circulated in China at the end of Qing Dynasty. The silver coin is on the front side of the statue of liberty. The decorative pattern on the back is wheat ear. French has "trade silver dollar" and "French Indochina". According to the silver dollar diagram published by the people's Bank of China in 1952, its official name should be Annan silver dollar, also known as "sitting man" and "Fa Guang", because the wreath on the head of the statue of liberty on the front of this silver coin has seven beams of light, commonly known as "seven horns". However, for the convenience of narration, the term "sitting in the ocean" is generally used.This group of sitting foreign coins is the 1908 edition. The main figure on the obverse is the statue of liberty holding a baton, and the French characters on both sides of the statue are Republique Francaise. Below the constellation there is a small French word Barre and the year 1908. The main pattern on the back of the coin is a wreath with explanatory text around it. The French inscription above the wreath is Francaise indo-machine, and the letter a above the knot of the silver wreath. Below the silver wreath is titre 0.900. Poids 27 gr. The Chinese character is translated from French to Indochina. Sitting foreign coins and silver dollars are well made as a whole, with clear and beautiful layout, square words and good preservation. After the baptism of time and the erosion of years, they are wrapped naturally and have a strong sense of history. This coin has very little survival in the world, is very rare, and has high artistic appreciation value and cultural relics value.
坐洋銀幣做工精良，成色足，當時受到了亞洲各國人民的青睞。由于第二次世界大戰的原因，坐洋丟失毀壞較多，目前存世量寥寥無幾，極為珍貴，具有很高的收藏價值。今后隨著銀元市場的發展，研究的深入，坐洋的發展潛力巨大，是難得一見的珍稀外國貨幣，收藏前景開闊。
Sitting foreign silver coins, with excellent workmanship and good quality, were favored by the people of Asian countries at that time. Due to the Second World War, sitting ocean was lost and destroyed a lot. At present, there are few in the world. It is extremely precious and has high collection value. In the future, with the development of the silver dollar market and in-depth research, sitting in the ocean has great development potential. It is a rare foreign currency and has broad collection prospects.
