【藏品名稱】：貿易大日本明治八年
[collection name]: the eighth year of Meiji in Japan
【藏品類別】：錢幣
[collection type]: Coins
【藏品數量】：一枚
[collection quantity]: one piece
【藏品起拍價】：65萬
[starting price of collection]: 650000
日本“龍洋”早年在中國被稱作“銀洋”，它實際上是外國商貿銀幣在中國民間的一種簡稱。早在明朝中期，西班牙就已在墨西哥制造“本洋”銀幣(俗稱“雙柱”)，至清代乾隆、嘉慶年間，中國對外貿易日趨繁榮，從外國流入中國的銀幣種類也日漸增多，除“雙柱”外，還有墨西哥“鷹洋”、英國“站洋”、印度愛貓撲.愛生活“坐洋”和日本“龍洋”等，其中以墨西哥“鷹洋”最為著名，而日本“龍洋”的影響則相對要小些。
Japan's "Longyang" was called "Yinyang" in China in the early years. It is actually a kind of abbreviation of foreign trade silver coin in China. As early as the middle of Ming Dynasty, Spain had made "local" silver coins (commonly known as "double pillars") in Mexico. Until the reign of Emperor Qianlong and Jiaqing of Qing Dynasty, China's foreign trade became more and more prosperous, and the types of silver coins flowing into China from foreign countries were also increasing. In addition to the "double pillars", there were Mexico's "Eagle ocean", Britain's "standing ocean", India's love of cat and pop, love of life "sitting in the ocean" and Japan's "dragon ocean" Among them, Mexico's "Eagle ocean" is the most famous, while Japan's "dragon ocean" is relatively less influential.
明治元年(1868年)，日本由香港購得全套鑄幣機器(英國人的機器，1866至1868年曾在香港鑄造過香港第一套貨幣)，在大阪成立國家造幣廠。明治三年(1870年)，造幣廠落成，馬上開鑄銀圓。將“圓”定為日本的本位貨幣，即實行銀本位制度，日本初鑄銀圓，其意是驅逐當時在日本大肆橫行的本洋，鷹洋，統一貨幣。日本龍洋歷時45年，直到大正三年(1914年)止。據統計，共鑄造了34個年號的日本龍洋，依次是：明治三年、七年、八年、九年、十年、十一年至三十年、三十四年至三十九年、四十一年、四十五年和大正三年，累計鑄造貿易銀元約兩億枚。大日本明治八年的龍洋銀幣是極其罕見，后來明治十一年至三十年龍洋的鑄造量逐步遞增，進入了日本龍洋的黃金時代。
In the first year of Meiji (1868), Japan purchased a complete set of coin making machines from Hong Kong (British machine, the first set of Hong Kong coins was minted in Hong Kong from 1866 to 1868), and a National Mint was established in Osaka. In the third year of Meiji (1870), the Mint was completed and silver coins were immediately cast. "Yuan" was defined as Japan's standard currency, that is, the implementation of the silver standard system, Japan's early coinage of silver dollar, which meant to expel the Japanese ocean, the eagle ocean, and unify the currency at that time. It lasted 45 years until the third year of Taisho (1914). According to statistics, Japan's Longyang, which has cast 34 year titles, is in the order of the third year of Meiji, the seventh year, the eighth year, the ninth year, the tenth year, the eleventh to the thirtieth year, the thirty fourth year to the thirty ninth year, the forty first year, the forty fifth year and the third year of Taisho. The total amount of silver coins cast was about 200 million pieces. Longyang silver coins in the eighth year of Meiji in Japan were extremely rare. Later, from the 11th to the 30th year of Meiji, the amount of Longyang silver coins gradually increased and entered the golden age of Japan.
此幣為日本銀元中的大名譽品，正面圖案為漢字“一圓”，上方為太陽圖案,周圍以櫻花枝葉環繞，下部圖案為綢帶扎成的同心結，中間有“貿易銀”三個字樣，背面為圈珠環繞的飛龍戲珠圖案，龍外圈珠，珠外“有大日本.明治八年”和“420.ONE YEN.900”字樣。品相規整，銹色自然，包漿渾厚。錢文秀美，字體工整，真品，收藏價值極高！
The coin is a famous Japanese silver coin with Chinese characters "one circle" on the front, a sun pattern on the top, cherry blossom branches and leaves around the coin, and a concentric knot made of silk ribbon at the lower part. There are three characters of "trade silver" in the middle, a flying dragon playing with beads on the back, and the words "great Japan, the eighth year of Meiji" and "420. One yen. 900" are on the outside of the coin. It has regular appearance, natural rust color and thick coating. Qian Wenxiu beauty, neat font, genuine, collection value is very high!
