中華民國開國紀念幣，正面中央為孫中山側面肖像，邊緣內上鐫中文隸書體“中華民國”四字、下鐫“開國紀念幣”五字、左右長枝花飾。背面中央為中文隸書體“壹 圓”及嘉禾，邊緣英文“中華民國”、“壹圓”，左右分列六角星。直線邊齒，成色89%，俗稱“小頭”。
The founding commemorative coin of the republic of China, the front center is the profile portrait of sun yat-sen, the edge inside engrave Chinese clerical style "republic of China" four characters, the bottom engrave "founding commemorative coin" five characters, about the long branch flower decoration. In the center of the reverse side are the Chinese clerical script "one yuan" and jiahe, with the edges of the English characters "republic of China" and "one yuan" and six stars on the left and right. Straight tooth, 89%, commonly known as "small head".
1911年12月29日，經辛亥革命后，已光復的17省代 表在南京推選孫中山為臨時大總統。1912年1月3日，中華民國政府宣告成立，清朝滅亡，在中國持續2000多年的封建君主專制隨之結束。民國成立時，由于幣制尚未建立，除四川改鑄大漢銀幣，福建改鑄中華元寶外，主要的造幣廠，大都仍沿用前清鋼模鑄造銀幣，以供流通需要。
On December 29, 1911, after the revolution of 1911, the representatives of the recovered 17 provinces elected sun yat-sen as the interim President in nanjing. On January 3, 1912, the government of the republic of China was founded and the qing dynasty collapsed, ending the feudal autocracy that had lasted for more than 2,000 years in China. When the republic of China was founded, due to the currency system has not been established, in addition to sichuan to cast dahan silver COINS, fujian to cast Chinese ingot, the main mint, most still use the former qing steel mold casting silver COINS, for circulation needs.
孫中山開國紀念幣是近代中國錢幣中的精品，有著歷史熏陶，是價值很高的革命文物，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。 珍貴的孫中山“開國紀念幣”記錄了辛亥革命驚天動地的偉大歷史，由于歷經百年風雨，精品“開國紀念幣”存量不多。
The founding commemorative coin of sun yat-sen is one of the best modern Chinese COINS. At the same time, it is a rare material object for archaeology and study of Chinese history and culture. The precious "founding commemorative coin" of sun yat-sen records the earth-shaking history of the revolution of 1911.
