光緒元寶是清朝光緒年間流通的貨幣之一。由湖北兩廣總督張之洞率先引進英國鑄幣機器鑄造銀元和銅元，之后各省紛紛仿效。共有十九個省局鑄造，除中央戶部，地方省所鑄銅元，皆在其正面上緣鐫寫省名。
銀幣光緒元寶1898年--1907發行，正常成色為89%-90%。正面鑄有銘文，頂部鑄楷體"XX省造"或"造幣總廠"，底部鑄貨幣價值如:"庫平七錢二分"，中心直讀"光緒元寶"四字，幣中心為滿文"光緒元寶"。銀幣背面外圈頂部用小號英文標準字體銘"XX省造"或"造幣總廠"字樣，下面為英文貨幣價值，內圈鑄有中心為蟠龍圖，品相精致，其審美風格獨特。錢幣雖小，也可管窺社會文化一斑。
The Guangxu ingot was one of the currencies circulating during the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty.Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Guangdong, took the lead in introducing British coin machines to cast silver and copper yuan, after which the provinces imitated it.A total of 19 provincial bureaus cast, in addition to the central household department, local provinces cast copper yuan, are engraved on the front edge of the provincial name.
Silver coin Guangxu ingot was issued in 1898- -1907, with a normal color of 89% -90%.The inscription is cast on the front, the top cast regular script "XX province" or "mint", the bottom cast currency value is such as: "Shuping seven money two points", the center reads "Guangxu ingot" four words directly, the coin center is Manchu "Guangxu ingot".The top of the outer circle on the back of the silver coin is inscribed "XX province" or "mint master" in a small English standard font, and the English currency value is shown below. The inner circle is cast with a Panlong map, which has exquisite appearance and unique aesthetic style.Although the coins are small, they can also have a glimpse into the society and culture.
1897年(光緒二十三年),開鑄"江南省造"三種無紀年版別銀元(俗稱老江南，)標準庫平七錢二分的重量應當在30克左右。1898年~1905年(光緒二十三年至三十一年)，江南造幣廠在八年時間里所生產的銀幣，增加了干支紀年(俗稱新江南)，早期重量也是按之前標準30克來制造，但是沒有流通;后來重量改成26.3--27克，這是我國在銀幣鑄造上鐫干支紀年系列最早的省份。根據八年鑄幣統計，光緒三十一年鑄幣最少，但亦生產了200多萬枚銀幣，最多的年份要數光緒二十七年，這一年里，共鑄制了5000多萬枚銀幣，由此，可以看出這家造幣廠的生產能力非同一般。1911年(宣統三年)，江南造幣廠共鑄壹元銀幣70.5萬枚，貳角銀幣5.5萬枚，壹角銀幣1萬枚?，F存世的有"江南省造宣統元寶"一錢四分四厘(貳角)和七分二厘(壹角)幣兩種。
江南省造光緒元寶發行時間較短，鑄量不大且加之流傳至今時間較短，所以多數價值高昂。再加上雕母和母錢因流傳數量極少，是收藏家們青睞的對象，具有很高的收藏價值。
In 1897 (the 23rd year of Guangxu), the weight of "Jiangnan Province made" three kinds of silver yuan (commonly known as Lao Jiangnan,) standard library level seven money two cents should be about 30 grams.~, 1898,1905 (23-to 31 of Guangxu), the silver coins were increased by the dry branch year (commonly known as New Jiangnan). The early weight was also made by 30 grams, but no circulation; later the weight was changed to 26.3--27 grams, the earliest province of dry branch year series on silver coin casting in China.According to the eight-year coin statistics, the thirty-first year of Guangxu cast the least coins, but also produced more than 2 million silver coins, the most year is the 27 years of Guangxu, in this year, a total of more than 50 million silver coins were made, thus, we can see that the production capacity of this mint is extraordinary.In 1911 (the third year of Xuantong), the Jiangnan Mint cast a total of 705,000 silver coins, 55,000 silver coins and 10,000 silver coins.There are "Jiangnan Province made Xuantong ingot" four cents (two cents) and seven cents two cents (one cents) coins.
Jiangnan Province made Guangxu ingot issued for a short time, small casting and the short time to now, so most of them have high value.In addition, the carved mother and mother money because the circulation number is very small, is the favored object of collectors, has a very high collection value.
