【藏品名稱】：光緒元寶
Collection name: Guangxu Yuanbao
【藏品類別】：錢幣
Collection category: Coins
【藏品簡介】：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。光緒元寶是大清光緒年流通大面值貨幣之首，是我國首批引進海外技術的印發流通貨幣，對于現今也蘊藏了一定歷史意義。
[introduction to collection]: Guangxu Yuanbao was one of the currency in circulation during the reign of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei Province, first introduced the British coining machine to produce silver and copper coins, and then the provinces followed suit. There are 19 provincial bureaus casting, except for the central household department, local provinces casting copper yuan, all in its front edge engraved with the name of the province. Guangxu Yuanbao was the first currency with large denomination in the reign of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. It was the first circulation currency to introduce overseas technology. It also has a certain historical significance for today.
光緒元寶錢幣記載著清朝驚天動地的歷史，由于歷經百年風雨，存世量極為稀少，尤其是品相好的更為稀缺，因此很受收藏愛好者青睞。就其特定的歷史時期也使它在錢幣史上占據著重要的地位，它不僅代表著近代中國的貨幣文化，反映了我國近代歷史、經濟、金融的興衰和滄桑。
Guangxu Yuanbao coins record the earth shaking history of the Qing Dynasty. Due to a hundred years of wind and rain, there are very few coins in the world, especially those with good quality, so they are very popular with collectors. It not only represents the currency culture of modern China, but also reflects the rise and fall of China's modern history, economy and finance.
光緒元寶被稱為貨幣收集行業的白銀之寶。它是滿族文化的產物。由于清朝是世界的滿洲人，光緒元寶也結合了滿族的一些文化因素。它是中國近千枚現代銀幣中最具影響力的銀元，也是現代中國貨幣改革中的重要角色。
Guangxu Yuanbao is known as the silver treasure of currency collection industry. It is the product of Manchu culture. Since the Qing Dynasty was a Manchu in the world, Guangxu Yuanbao also combined some cultural factors of Manchu. It is not only the most influential silver dollar among nearly a thousand modern silver coins in China, but also an important role in the currency reform of modern China.
