袁大頭是民國時期主要流通貨幣之一，“袁大頭”是對袁世凱像系列硬幣的口語俗稱，嚴謹點說叫“袁世凱像背嘉禾銀幣”。北洋政府為了整頓幣制，劃一銀幣，于民國三年（1914年）二月，頒布《國幣條例》十三條，決定實行銀本位制度。《國幣條例》規定："以庫平純銀六錢四分八厘為價格之單位，定名為圓"，"一圓銀幣，總重七錢二分，銀八九，銅一一"，"一圓銀幣用數無限制"，即以一圓銀幣為無限法償的本位貸幣。根據這一規定，于1914年12月及1915年2月， 先后由造幣總廠及江南造幣廠開鑄一圓銀幣，幣面鐫刻袁世凱頭像，俗稱"袁頭幣"或"袁大頭"。
民國三年版正面為袁世凱側面像，上列“中華民國三年”。“年”字后沒有“造”字，其他年版都在“年”字后面有一“造”字。三年版“民”字中有一“點”，而其他年版民字無“點”。三年版有老模和新模兩種模具，老模具為185道邊齒，新模具為170道邊齒，鑄量都較多，屬普通流通版。鑄造量較少的版別有：O記版，粗發版，三角圓版，開口貝版，甘肅版，蘇維埃版，英文簽字版，T字版，鷹洋版。
錢幣種類在最近幾年的收藏市場異常火熱，拍賣成交的天價錢幣屢見不鮮。尤其中國錢幣廣泛受到國際頂級收藏家的喜愛，每當拍賣會出現稀少珍貴，品相完好的錢幣，一定是引起收藏家，資本家瘋狂的競爭！
此組袁大頭為民國三年版。保存非常完整，整體包漿入骨，熟舊自然，字體端正工整，清秀俊逸，可見匠師的雕刻工藝十分精湛，而且具有極高的投資價值和收藏價值。
Yuan Big head was one of the major currencies in circulation during the Republic of China. Yuan Datou is the colloquial name for Yuan Shikai's image series of coins. Strictly speaking, it is called "Yuan Shikai's image carries Jiahe silver coins". In order to rectify the currency system, Beiyang government unified a silver coin. in February of the third year of the Republic of China (1914), it promulgated 13 articles of the national currency regulations and decided to implement the silver standard system. The National Currency Ordinance stipulates that "the unit with a price of 6.8% of Kuping sterling silver is named as a round", "a round silver coin has a total weight of 7.2%, silver 89, and copper 11", "there is no limit on the number of coins used in a round silver coin", that is, a round silver coin is used as the standard loan currency for unlimited repayment. According to this regulation, in December 1914 and February 1915, the Mint General Factory and Jiangnan Mint respectively opened a silver coin with Yuan Shikai's head engraved on it, commonly known as "Yuan Tou Coin" or "Yuan Datou".
The front of the three-year edition of the Republic of China is a profile of yuan Shikai, listed above as "the three years of the Republic of China". There is no word "Zao" after the word "Nian". Other editions have a word "Zao" after the word "Nian". There is a "dot" in the three-year version of the word "min", while there is no "dot" in the other year versions. The three-year edition has two kinds of moulds: the old mould has 185 side teeth and the new mould has 170 side teeth. The casting quantity is large and it belongs to the ordinary circulation edition. The less-cast editions include: o-note edition, rough edition, triangular round edition, open shell edition, Gansu edition, Soviet edition, English signature edition, t-word edition and eagle ocean edition.
In recent years, the collection market of coins is extremely hot, and it is not uncommon for coins to be auctioned at high prices. In particular, Chinese coins are widely loved by top collectors in the world. Whenever rare and precious coins with good appearance appear in auctions, it must cause crazy competition among collectors and capitalists!
This group of Yuan Datou is the third edition of the Republic of China. The preservation is very complete, the whole is covered with pulp, it is ripe and natural, the font is correct and neat, and it is handsome and elegant. It can be seen that the craftsman's carving process is exquisite, and it has high investment value and collection value.
