【藏品名稱】：光緒元寶
Collection name: Guangxu Yuanbao
【藏品類別】：錢幣
Collection category: Coins
【藏品數(shù)量】：一件
[collection quantity]: one piece
【藏品簡介】：清代銀幣、紙鈔、銅幣并行，至嘉慶年間發(fā)行新式銀元，而光緒年間鑄行金、銀幣更多。洋務(wù)運動也影響到鑄幣業(yè)，兩廣總督張之洞曾于光緒十三年（1887年）委托使英大臣在英國訂購全套造幣機器，并在廣東錢局首鑄機制銀元和銅元。其后，各省紛紛仿效，購制國外機械鑄造銀、銅元。包括廣東錢局在內(nèi)，許多造幣機均訂購自著名的英國倫敦伯明翰造幣有限公司。英國大工業(yè)的介入，使銀幣也沾染上西方色彩。錢幣正面鮮然可見滿漢文化的融合，而錢背卻明確標(biāo)示了西方文化的介入。當(dāng)制十文較多，當(dāng)制二十文較少，具有很高的收藏價值，市面真品一幣難求！戶部當(dāng)值二十文現(xiàn)存許多，做工精致，在同類中具有極高的收藏價值
[introduction to collection]: in the Qing Dynasty, silver coins, paper notes and copper coins coexisted, and new silver coins were issued in the Jiaqing period, while more gold and silver coins were cast in the Guangxu period. The westernization movement also affected the coinage industry. In 1887, Zhang Zhidong, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, commissioned the British ministers to order a complete set of coinage machines in the UK, and cast the first machine-made silver and copper coins in the Guangdong monetary Bureau. After that, all provinces followed suit and purchased foreign mechanical casting silver and copper. Many of the mints, including the Guangdong money Bureau, were ordered from the famous Birmingham Mint Co., Ltd., London, UK. The intervention of the British big industry made the silver coin also stained with western color. The integration of Manchu and Han culture is rarely seen on the obverse of the coin, but the back of the coin clearly indicates the intervention of western culture. When the system of ten Wen more, when the system of 20 Wen less, with a high collection value, the market is hard to find a real coin! There are a lot of twenty articles on duty in Hubu, which are exquisite and of high collection value among the same kind
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(shù)的印發(fā)流通貨幣，對于現(xiàn)今也蘊藏了一定歷史意義。廣東省造光緒元寶在中國近代機器鑄幣史上屬一個大系列，其鑄期歷時甚長（從光緒22年—光緒34年[1896至1908年]），歷經(jīng)十余載，幣模幾經(jīng)更替，即使同一鑄造年份亦往往由于修模、幣材、工藝技術(shù)、工廠管理等諸多因素，造成版別異常繁雜。
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. Guangxu Yuanbao made in Guangdong province belongs to a large series in the history of modern Chinese machine coinage. Its casting period lasted for a long time (from the 22nd year of Guangxu to the 34th year of Guangxu [1896-1908]). After more than ten years, the coinage has been replaced several times. Even in the same year, many factors, such as mold repair, coin material, technology, factory management, and so on, often lead to extremely complicated editions.
此枚錢幣為戶部光緒元寶當(dāng)制錢二十文，正面珠圈內(nèi)鑄漢文“光緒元寶”四字，上環(huán)滿文，下環(huán)書“當(dāng)制錢二十文”，左右分列“戶”、“部”與梅花星點；背面為蟠龍圖，上下環(huán)鑄英文計值。字跡深刻鐫秀，龍紋雕刻精美。包漿渾厚老道，沁色自然，充滿歲月之痕跡與濃濃的歷史沉淀感，收藏價值極高。古錢幣極具觀賞性與歷史價值，因此古錢幣如同其他古玩一樣被藏家們所青睞。中國最早的機制洋式錢幣為光緒年間的“光緒元寶”，錢幣背面 鑄有龍紋。珍稀古錢幣是貨幣歷史的實物，由于早已不在流通領(lǐng)域，留存下來的亦少之極少，更是歷史的見證，值得被藏友們收藏！
On the front of the coin, there are four characters of "Guangxu Yuanbao" in Chinese, Manchu in the upper ring, and "twenty characters of Dang Zhiqian" in the lower ring, with "Hu", "bu" and plum star dots on the left and right; on the back, there is a picture of Panlong, with English values in the upper and lower rings. The handwriting is deep and beautiful, and the dragon pattern is exquisitely carved. It's rich and natural, full of traces of time and a strong sense of historical precipitation. Ancient coins are of great ornamental and historical value, so they are favored by collectors just like other antiques. The earliest machine-made foreign coins in China are "Guangxu Yuanbao" in the reign of Guangxu. The rare ancient coins are the real objects of currency history. Because they are no longer in circulation, few of them have survived. They are also the witness of history and are worth collecting by collectors!
