江南省造光緒元寶
Jiaoguangxu Yuanbao in Jiangnan Province
江南省造光緒元寶是清代光緒二十三年到三十一年鑄造的機制系列銀幣，屬于清代正式鑄行的法定流通銀幣。其實鑄造江南省造銀幣的清末，已無江南省建制，此幣是由南京造幣廠鑄造的。南京造幣廠將其鑄造的銀幣標明“江南省造”，是因為當時蘇州已經有一個專鑄機制銅元的造幣廠，并且其鑄造的銅元均標明“江蘇省造”。為避免混淆，南京造幣廠將其鑄造的銀幣標明為“江南省造”。所以江南省造銀幣系我國貨幣史上唯一有名無實的省份銀幣。
Making Guangxu Yuanbao in Jiangnan Province is a series of mechanism silver coins minted from 23 to 31 years of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. It belongs to the legal circulating silver coins formally minted in Qing Dynasty. In fact, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was no Jiangnan silver coin, which was minted by Nanjing Mint. Nanjing Mint marked its silver coins "Made in Jiangnan Province" because at that time there was already a copper coin factory in Suzhou with a special casting machine, and all the copper coins it minted were marked "Made in Jiangsu Province". To avoid confusion, the Nanjing Mint labeled its silver coins "Made in Jiangnan Province". Therefore, the Jiangnan silver coin is the only province in the history of Chinese currency with no real name.
銀幣正面有珠圈，正中央內鐫滿漢文“光緒元寶”四字，圈外上端鐫“江南省造”，下端鐫幣值“庫平七錢二分”，左右兩側分鐫干支紀年“辛丑”二字。背面是蟠龍圖，龍鱗龍爪層次分明，立體感極強，鱗片之間無虛無粘，鑄造技術成熟精良。
The silver coin has a bead circle on the front. The four characters of "Guangxu Yuanbao" are inscribed in the central part of the coin. The upper part of the coin is inscribed "Made in Jiangnan Province", and the lower part is inscribed with the value of "Kuping seven cents two cents". The left and right sides of the coin are inscribed with the words "Xin-ugly". On the back is the Panlong Dragon Map. The dragon scales and claws have distinct layers, strong three-dimensional sense, and no viscous between scales. The casting technology is mature and sophisticated.
文中展示此枚江南省造光緒元寶，筆劃紋飾深竣，邊齒標準，圈齒凸起，顆粒清晰，地章平整，包漿熟舊，有鮮明的大清宮廷幣風格。保存極其完好，品相極佳，收藏價值極高。
In this paper, we show the Guangxu Yuan Bao of Jiangnan Province, which has a deep stroke decoration, standard edge teeth, protruding ring teeth, clear grains, flat ground chapters, and ripe pulp. It has a distinct style of court coins of the Qing Dynasty. It is well preserved, of excellent quality and of high collection value.
