袁大頭是民國時期主要流通貨幣之一,“袁大頭”是對袁世凱像系列銀幣的口語俗稱,嚴謹點說叫“袁世凱像背嘉禾銀幣”。民國三年也就是一九一四年,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。

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;袁大頭銀幣包括四種:壹圓、伍圓、貳角、壹角;民國三年、八年、九年、十年均有鑄造。

其中,民國三年、九年、十年的壹圓較為常見,伍圓銀幣其實沒有真正在市場上流通過,之所以沒有發行是因為該幣值不符合當時物價,因此沒有通過政府審核,就這樣幾百枚試鑄幣便被封存。而不知道這典故的人自然不知道還有“伍圓”的“袁大頭”存在。而后袁世凱政府瓦解,才相繼流于民間。

由于試鑄幣產量稀少,加之是絕版,保存完整的也不多,因此試鑄幣的歷史價值不菲,正所謂物以稀為貴,這也必定受眾多錢幣收藏家們的極大追捧,絕對值得珍藏的對象,由于稀少性以及歷史性,所以珍貴異常。

Yuan Datou was one of the main currencies in circulation during the Republic of China. "Yuan Datou" is the colloquial term for the series of silver coins with Yuan Shikai's portrait. Strictly speaking, it is called "Yuan Shikai's portrait on the back of the Golden Harvest Silver Coin". In the third year of the Republic of China, 1914, the Beiyang warlord government officially minted a silver coin with the head of Yuan Shikai. First, the Yuan Datou one-yuan silver coin was minted at the Tianjin Mint; then successively minted at the Mints such as Wuchang, Nanjing, Guangdong. During the period of the Republic of China, the warlords fought in a melee.

Yuan Datou is known as the treasure of silver dollars in the currency collection circle. It is the most widely spread and most influential silver dollar variety among nearly a thousand modern silver coins in China; Yuan Datou silver coins include four types: one yuan, five yuan, two corners, and one corner ; There were castings in the 3rd, 8th, 9th and 10th years of the Republic of China.

Among them, one yuan in the three years, nine years, and ten years of the Republic of China is more common. The five-yen silver coin actually did not actually flow through the market. The reason why it was not issued was because the value of the currency did not meet the price at the time, so it did not pass the government review. One hundred trial coins were sealed. People who don't know this allusion naturally don't know that there is a "Yuan Datou" of "Wu Yuan". Then Yuan Shikai's government collapsed, and it became the people.

Due to the scarce output of trial coins, coupled with the fact that they are out of print and not many preserved intact, the historical value of trial coins is very high. As the saying goes, the rare thing is expensive. This must be greatly sought after by many coin collectors and is definitely worth it. The treasured objects are extremely precious due to their scarcity and history.