辛亥革命以后，袁世凱就任"臨時大總統"之職，后又成為正式大總統。當時，為了鞏固國內政局穩定，發展民族經濟，也為"制憲"和"稱帝"作準備，于是毅然決定在全國"統一幣制"。1912年4月袁世凱出任大總統。北洋政府鑒于當時鑄幣、紙幣十分復雜，流通的中外貨幣在百種以上，規格不一，流通混亂，折算繁瑣，民眾積怨，同時也想借助貨幣改制以解決軍費問題，便決定鑄發國幣，國三年(1914年)，北洋軍閥政府正式鑄造袁世凱頭像銀幣，俗稱“袁大頭”。“袁大頭”由天津造幣廠首先開鑄，其后南京、廣東、武昌、甘肅等地的造幣分廠陸續鑄造。“袁大頭”為民國的通行貨幣。
縱觀近年錢幣市場，錢幣表現出色，各板塊精品迭出，成交價穩步提高，尤其是清末民國錢幣異軍突起，清末民初機制銀幣歷來在集幣圈里有很深的收藏底蘊。且因存量稀少受到高端藏家青睞，成為錢幣市場一個新的熱點。袁大頭就是目前錢幣市場中熱門的一種，其在市場上非常活躍，高價頻出!袁大頭銀元民國三年、九年、十年的壹圓較為常見，民國八年的則較少。民國八年袁大頭是英國伯翰造幣廠所制鋼模鑄造，品相精美，具有很高的收藏價值。
After the Revolution of 1911, Yuan Shikai took the post of "Interim President" and later became the official President. At that time, in order to consolidate the stability of the domestic political situation and develop the national economy, and to prepare for "constitution" and "appropriation of the emperor", he resolutely decided to "unify the currency system" throughout the country. Yuan Shikai became president in April 1912. In view of the complexity of coinage and paper money at that time, the Beiyang government had more than one hundred kinds of Chinese and foreign currencies in circulation, different specifications, chaotic circulation, cumbersome conversion, and public complaints. At the same time, it also wanted to use currency restructuring to solve the problem of military expenditure. In the third year of the country (1914), the Beiyang warlord government officially minted Yuan Shikai's silver coin, commonly known as "Yuan Datou". "Yuan Datou" was first cast by the Tianjin Mint, and then mint factories in Nanjing, Guangdong, Wuchang, Gansu and other places successively cast. "Yuan Datou" is the currency of the Republic of China.
Throughout the numismatic market in recent years, the numismatic performance has been outstanding, and the quality of various sectors has emerged one after another. The transaction price has steadily increased, especially the emergence of numismatic coins in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty. The silver coins in the early Qing Dynasty have always had a deep collection in the coin collecting circle. And because of its scarce stock, it is favored by high-end collectors and has become a new hot spot in the coin market. Yuan Datou is a popular one in the current coin market. It is very active in the market and has high prices! Yuan Datou is more common in three years, nine years, and ten years in the Republic of China, but less in the eighth year of the Republic of China. In the eighth year of the Republic of China, Yuan Datou was cast by a steel mold made by the Birmingham Mint in the United Kingdom.
