The Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty also affected the minting industry.
In the 13th year of Guangxu (1887), Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, entrusted the British minister to order a complete set of minting machines in Yinglun, and minted machine-made silver coins and copper coins for the first time at the Dongqian Bureau of Guangdong Province.
Afterwards, various provinces followed suit and purchased foreign machines to cast silver and copper coins.
Including the Guangdong Province Savings Bureau, many minting machines are ordered from the famous London Birmingham Mint Co., Ltd.
The intervention of British large-scale industry gave silver coins a Western color.
The fusion of Manchu and Chinese cultures is clearly visible on the front of the coin, but the back of the coin clearly marks the intervention of Western culture.
These "Guangxu Yuanbao" were cast by nineteen provincial bureaus at that time, so they were different in each province.
Except for the central household ministries, copper coins cast by local provinces all have the name of the province engraved on the upper edge of the front.
This batch of Guangxu Yuanbao was issued in 07, and the normal fineness is %.
There is an inscription on the front and "Made in XX Province" or "Mint General Factory" in regular script on the top.
The two most important points are: First, almost every stroke of the coin and the decoration have added dot marks that are difficult to imitate so far, which is breathtaking.
In addition, the population of your country is small and there are many people who hate collecting. So on average, there should be more in the hands of each collector.
From the 78th to the 81st year of Guangxu's reign, the silver coins produced by the Jiangnan Mint in four years' time were added with the chronology of the stems and branches (commonly known as the New Jiangnan).
After all, silver coins were still of very low value during this period.
The mirror surface of that kind of silver coin is smooth and rough, and the pattern lines appear very harmonious.
Hubu Yiliang can be divided into two versions by the writing method of "Liang" from "人", or "入".
The actual production quantity of this coin is not small. Before Yuan Xiaotou's approval, a total of 8,000 coins were trial-produced.
For example, the Beiyang 34-year-old Long-tailed Dragon version Long-tailed Dragon with Changyun is the most common version.
In the Qing Dynasty, for the convenience of circulation and exchange houses, few silver coins with a face value of one tael were minted by the government, and few were minted in the format of one-round silver coins with an actual weight of Kuping one penny and seven cents.
From this, it cannot be seen that the production capacity of that mint is extraordinary.
So far, there are many hypothetical coins, counterfeit coins, characters and castings that can't be matched!
Although coins are small, they can still provide a glimpse into social culture.
By the Beiyang period, there were many versions of silver coins.
On the top of the outer ring on the back of the silver coin, the words "Made in XX Province" or "General Mint" are inscribed in small English standard fonts.
Volume 3 and Flag 4, which version has more Roman scripts, also called the artistic version, ranked first among the Beiyang 34-year editions.
That kind of silver coin is the Longyang Pattern Silver Coin owned by your country. Among all the silver coins issued in the country, it has the most exquisite craftsmanship, the most perfect workmanship, and the weakest relief.
Line of inertia - a term in modern mechanical drawing, that is, the intersection line between planes and planes, planes and curved surfaces, and curved surfaces and curved surfaces.
Not yet Beiyang 34, the long-tailed dragon is mismatched with the short-tailed cloud, and that version is relatively more numerous.
Those are considered to be the majority of classic silver coins from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Apart from these, there are no commemorative coins.
That kind of one-tael silver coin in the household, with extremely exquisite regular script calligraphy, stingy, balanced and stretched structure, is second to none outside Longyang.
In fact, none of the characters on silver and copper coins minted so far can be compared with the characters on Hubu Yiliang.
Seventh, there are not two inner dragon eyes in the coiled dragon's eyes on the back, pointing directly at the dragon beads. This is simply not the best relief work of coiled dragons.
Others include the Beiyang 34 long tail with a short cloud on the lower right, the Beiyang 34 short-tailed dragon version with short tail dragon, and the Beiyang 34-year short-tailed dragon gold version. The writing next to the gold has an extra horizontal line below.
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The coin value at the bottom is as follows: "Kuping seven coins and two cents", the center reads "Guangxu Yuanbao" directly, and the center of the coin reads "Guangxu Yuanbao" in Manchu.
However, less than 2 million silver coins were also produced, and the least year was the 71st year of Guangxu.
As a currency that is ready for circulation (even if it is not in circulation), its security against counterfeiting is unrivaled by those before and after the ancients.
In 1899, the Qing government wanted to take back the minting rights of the Beiyang Mint. After the support of Ronglu and other ministers, the Beiyang Mint was retained.
There are two types of "Xuantong Yuanbao made in Jiangnan Province" that are 1 cent and 7 cents (twenty cents) and 1 cent and 7 cents (one dime) in existence.
The characters are out of character, especially the silver content is high, and there is no rust-colored patina.
There is even more reason to talk about anti-counterfeiting secrets. Counterfeit coins are purely fake.
Later, the weight was changed to 7 grams. It was the first province in your country to engrave a series of chronology of stems and branches under the minting of silver coins.
The patina on the surface of the coin is rich and mellow. Even those who have not studied silver coins will love it and let it go. It is very ornamental.
For example, the Wushen Jizi Xiaoqing silver coin treasury is one tael, the household department Guangxu Yuanbao treasury is one tael, the Guangxu Yuanbao treasury built in Hub Province in the 80th year of Guangxu is one tael, Zhongli Tongbaoguan is one tael and so on.
The fakes are almost the same, with the characteristics of smooth text and imitated images.
Below is the currency value in English. The inner circle has a dragon picture in the center. It is exquisite in appearance and has a unique aesthetic style.
The early weight was also manufactured according to the later standard of 30 grams, but it was not circulated;
In addition, the characters are slightly larger, and the body of the dragon is similar to the year 33: the dragon with a flat forehead is slightly larger than the lake.
It is a one-round coin with a weight of one cent and seven cents. The actual weight is from left to right, the inside diameter is 39mm, and the thickness is 2.5mm.
The market value of this currency is low, and the market value should be less than one million.
Those quantities are considered to be large, but there should be very few in circulation now.
In 1897, which was not the 78th year of Guangxu's reign, eight kinds of silver coins with chronological records "made in Jiangnan Province" were minted.
There are no two types of circulation, the actual weight is one liang type, and the heavy library is one cent and seven cents.
According to the four-year coinage statistics, the most coins were minted in the 81st year of Guangxu.
There are also Beiyang 34 volumes 3 different 4, 34 volumes 3 low 4, 34 arrows 3 flags 4, fat volumes 3 editions, etc.
Generally, one or two series of silver coins from the Ministry of Household Affairs are beautifully minted, with deep characters, lines and edges, which are completely in the style of sample coins minted in the country.
In that year, a total of more than 50 million silver coins were minted.
The first is the Beiyang 34-year variant version, volume 3, flag 4, Beiyang Xiaofa.
Therefore, the smaller quantity should be copper coins. For example, the ordinary silver coins have not yet opened the cloud version in Beiyang 34, and the cloud has no opening.
The "Guangxu Yuanbao" on the front and the strokes of the written text are all hidden with dot-shaped hidden marks, which does not affect the stinginess and calmness of the calligraphy at all.
Guangxu Yuanbao Hubu Yiliang silver coin is also a very classic silver coin, because Hubu Kuping Yiliang is the smallest machine-made dragon silver in your country.
That kind of silver dollar is now commonly known as Laojiangnan. It is seven cents per penny and weighs about 30 grams.
In 1911 (the eighth year of Xuantong), the Jiangnan Mint minted a total of 705,000 one-yuan silver coins, 55,000 two-yuan silver coins, and 10,000 one-yuan silver coins.
This version of the casting mold is one or two copies of the same weight as the actual one. It was only circulated as military pay, and there are very few in existence.
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