光緒十五年(1889),張之洞奉命調往湖北,任湖廣總督,此后不久,便將廣東的鑄造銀幣經驗運用于湖北,并在湖北武昌籌建了國內第二家采用機器制造銀元的官方鑄錢機構--湖北銀元局,鑄造湖北省造光緒元寶！該局也是張之洞來到湖北后建造的第一家鑄錢機構。
In 1889, Zhang Zhidong was sent to Hubei as governor of Huguang. Shortly after that, he applied Guangdong's experience in silver coin casting to Hubei, and set up the second official silver coin casting institution in China, Hubei silver yuan Bureau, to cast the Guangxu Yuanbao in Hubei Province! The bureau is also the first money casting institution built after Zhang Zhidong came to Hubei.
【藏品名稱】：湖北省造光緒元寶
[collection name]: zaoguangxu Yuanbao, Hubei Province
【類別】：錢幣
Class: Coins
此枚湖北省造光緒元寶銀幣，正面珠圈鐫滿漢文“光緒元寶”四字，珠圈外上端鐫漢文“湖北省造”四字，下端鐫漢文“庫平七錢二分”六個字，左右兩側各鐫一個六花星。銀幣背面中央鐫蟠龍圖，上端環鐫英文“湖北省”，下端環鐫英文幣值“庫平七錢二分”，左右兩端稍上側各鐫一個六花星，錢幣圖案紋路清晰，幣文俊秀，力度剛硬，內環圈齒整齊劃一，嚴格規準，包漿厚實，品相上等，難得精品。
This silver coin of Guangxu Yuanbao, made in Hubei Province, is engraved with four characters of "Guangxu Yuanbao" in Chinese on the front bead circle, four characters of "made in Hubei Province" in Chinese on the upper end of the bead circle, six characters of "Kuping seven coins and two cents" in Chinese on the lower end, and six stars on the left and right sides. The back of the silver coin is engraved with a picture of a dragon in the middle, the upper ring with "Hubei Province" in English, and the lower ring with the value of "Kuping seven coins and two cents". The left and right ends are slightly engraved with a six flower star on the upper side. The pattern of the coin is clear, the coin is handsome, the strength is rigid, the teeth of the inner ring are neat and uniform, the standard is strict, the coating is thick and solid, the quality is excellent, and the quality is rare.
該藏品品相精致，其審美風格獨持，錢幣正面鮮然可見滿漢文化的融合，而錢背卻明確標示了西方文化的介入。錢幣雖小，也可管窺社會文化一斑。該幣無論是制造技術還是字體圖案雕刻工藝都非常精湛到位，有刀鑿雕刻的明確、利落感，尤其背面圖案龍態威猛，龍紋精細，形神兼備，栩栩如生，其包漿入骨，熟舊自然，深打字口清楚，流通痕跡明顯，邊齒過關，龍鱗清晰，是具有極高投資價值和收藏價值的一枚精品老銀幣。它有著歷史熏陶，是價值很高的文物，具有深遠的歷史紀念意義；同時還是考古和研究中國歷史文化難得的實物。
The collection is exquisite, its aesthetic style is unique, and the integration of Manchu and Han culture is rarely seen in the front of coins, while Qian Bei clearly indicates the involvement of western culture. Although coins are small, they can also have a glimpse of social culture. The coin is of high investment value and collection value, because it has a clear and neat cutting and chiseling sense, especially the dragon on the back, fine dragon pattern, both shape and spirit, lifelike, with its pulp embedded in the bone, mature and natural, deep typing mouth clear, clear flowing traces, edge teeth clear, dragon scales clear A fine old silver coin. It has historical edification, is a cultural relic of high value, has far-reaching historical significance; at the same time, it is also a rare object for Archaeology and research of Chinese history and culture.
古錢幣是不可再生之物，收藏一枚少一枚，像光緒元寶這種存世量極為稀少幣種，如今大多情況下是大收藏家或博物館所占有，而且也只有在高端拍賣會上偶爾能見到它的身影。湖北銀元局所造銀元,因含銀量高,制作精良,工藝極其精湛，因其現存真品存世量甚少。近幾年來，古錢幣的市場行情獨領風騷，與珍奇造型的藝術品相比，仍然受到錢幣愛好者們的極力追捧。同時，隨著各地拍場古錢幣的交易場次變得越來越多，我們可以預見，古錢幣在藏品市場中的位置，開始變得更為重要和愈加珍貴。
Ancient coins are non renewable. One less coin is collected. There is a rare currency like Guangxu Yuanbao. Nowadays, most of them are owned by large collectors or museums, and only occasionally can they be seen in high-end auctions. The silver yuan made by Hubei silver yuan bureau is very exquisite because of its high silver content, excellent production, and extremely exquisite technology, because there are few real products in existence. In recent years, the market situation of ancient coins is unique. Compared with the works of art with rare shapes, they are still highly sought after by coin lovers. At the same time, with more and more transactions of ancient coins, we can foresee that the position of ancient coins in the collection market is becoming more important and more precious.
