民國三年（1914年），北洋軍閥政府正式鑄造袁世凱頭像銀幣。先在天津造幣廠鑄造袁大頭壹圓銀幣。后在南京廣東武昌等造幣廠陸續鑄造。民國時期。軍閥混戰。各地軍閥紛紛私鑄袁大頭。導致存世的袁大頭質量良莠不齊。而袁大頭金幣。多作為紀念幣。鑄造量甚少。存世量極罕。“袁大頭”在貨幣收藏界被稱為銀元之寶，它是中國近千種近代銀幣中流傳最廣、影響最大的銀元品種，也是近代中國幣制變革中的一個重要角色，此枚錢幣值得廣大藏友收藏
In the third year of the Republic of China (1914), the northern warlord government formally minted yuan Shikai's head silver COINS. The first coin was minted at the Tianjin Mint. Later in Nanjing, Guangdong Wuchang and other mints in succession. The Republic of China. The warlords fought each other. Warlords all over the country secretly cast Yuan's head. The quality of yuan's big head that resulted in existence was intermingled. And Yuan big head gold COINS. Mostly as commemorative COINS. There is little casting. There is very little in the world. "Yuan Tou" is known as the treasure of silver COINS in the field of currency collection. It is the most widely circulated and influential silver coin among nearly a thousand modern silver COINS in China, and it is also an important role in the reform of modern Chinese currency system. This coin is worth to be collected by the majority of collectors
