深圳纪伯伦国际拍卖行｜北洋造光绪元宝的始祖

北洋造光绪元宝（试制币）

Beiyang Guangxu Yuanbao (trial coinage)

我国清代的机铸币虽然制造时间不长,但是有许多珍品钱币流传下来。这些难得一见的收藏珍品,在近年的钱币市场上不断焕发着生机,市场前景一片明朗。以及近年来,中国传统机制银币逐步走俏钱币拍卖场,一些银元备受追捧,成交价迭创新高。中国是世界上后一个结束银本位币制度的国家,世界上其他国家早已经退出货币流通领域的机制银币都随着旧中国国际贸易的开展而大量汇聚到清代和民国时期的旧中国流通。随着时间的退役,曾经流通于市场上的钱币逐渐退出流通领域,成为稀有的收藏品。

Although the machine-minted coins in Qing Dynasty were not made for a long time, many precious coins were handed down. These rare collections of treasures, in recent years, continue to glow with vitality in the coin market, the market prospects are bright. As well as in recent years, Chinese traditional mechanism silver coins have gradually become popular in coin auction houses, some rare silver coins have been highly sought after, and the transaction prices have reached new heights repeatedly. China is the last country in the world to end the silver standard currency system. Other countries in the world have already withdrawn from the mechanism of currency circulation. With the development of international trade in old China, a large number of silver coins converged to the old China in the Qing Dynasty and the National Period. With the retirement of time, the money that once circulated in the market gradually withdraws from the circulation field and becomes a rare collection.

光绪元宝是在清朝末年铸造,当时朝野上下发生了银元单位之争,币制未统一。北洋机器局更名北洋造币局,铸行较早脱离“两单位”的银币后,又于光绪二十五年始,铸行面值库平纪重的“光绪元宝”,在这类币的背面左侧阿拉伯数字表示该币为光绪X年版,常见有25、26、29、33、34等数种,流通全国。北洋造34年光绪元宝库平七钱二分发行量少,市场,为稀有币种,近年来收藏钱币市场火热,所以此钱币具有的收藏价值!

Guangxu Yuanbao was minted in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, there was a dispute between the government and the countryside over the silver unit, and the currency system was not unified. Beiyang Machinery Bureau changed its name to Beiyang Mint Bureau. After the coin bank broke away from the "two units" earlier, it began to coin the "Guangxu Yuan Bao" of Kuping Jizhong in the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu. On the left side of the back of this kind of coin, the Arabic numerals indicate that the currency is Guangxu X-year edition. There are 25, 26, 29, 33 and 34 kinds of coins commonly circulated throughout the country. In the past 34 years, Beiyang made Guangxu Yuan Treasury Pingqi Qian Er Distribution has a small circulation and a scarce market. It is a rare currency. In recent years, the coin collection market has been hot, so this coin has a very high collection value.

光绪元宝北洋造库平七钱二分（试制币））,直径39.16mm，重16.4g,Guangxu Yuanbao Beiyang Reservoir, with a diameter of 39.16mm and a weight of 16.4g, is made at 7 cents.

试制币的制作版式，是和流通币在规格上是一样的，只是试制币是一个标本，流通币是根据标本制作出来的钱币，总体保持一致。（其制作试铸币的目的是以检验制造流程、设备状态为目地，验证产品是否可达到设计目标和人们所能接受并作为交易的实验币，我们称之为试铸币。）钱币的制作生产，从祖模设计、工具模翻制，从铜料熔炼，到压轧铜板、制作铜饼、晃洗、退火、滚边、印花等，前后涉及到的工艺流程有十几个环节，需要不同技术工种紧密配合，可以说机制币的生产过程，就是一件艺术品的绘制过程。此件色泽柔和,品相,包浆自然,锈色自然。钱币正面珠圈内铸满汉文“光绪元宝”字样,上环书“北洋造”,下环铸“库平七钱二分”,左右两端各镌一个圆点,钱文清晰,字体工整,笔画饱满,横直竖立,遒劲有力,书法艺术价值颇高。钱币背面中央镌蟠龙图,龙纹清晰,龙鳞细腻,龙爪张扬,威武霸气,栩栩如生;龙纹外上环镌英文“光绪34年”,下镌英文“北洋”,左右两端稍下侧各镌一个圆点。由此可见,此币乃北洋造34年光绪元宝试制币,珍罕无比。钱币正面可见满汉文化的融合,钱币背面面则显示了中西文化的大融合,带着鲜明而浓厚的时代特征,历史价值深厚,非常具观赏与收藏价值。

The format of the trial coin is absolutely the same as that of the currency in terms of specifications, except that the trial coin is a specimen, and the currency is made according to the specimen, which is consistent on the whole. (The purpose of making trial coins is to test the manufacturing process and equipment status, to verify whether the product can meet the design objectives and people can accept and trade as experimental coins, which we call trial coins.) The manufacture and production of coins, from ancestor mould design, tool mould duplication, from copper smelting to rolling copper plate, making copper cake, shaking washing, annealing, rolling, printing, etc., involves more than a dozen processes, which require close cooperation of different technical types. It can be said that the production process of machine-made coins is the drawing process of an artwork. This piece has soft color, perfect appearance, natural pulping and rust color. The bead circle on the front of the coin has the characters of "Guangxu Yuanbao" in Manchu, "Beiyang Made" in the book on the upper ring, and "Kuping Qian Ding" in the lower ring. There is a dot at the left and right ends. The coin is clear, the font is neat, the strokes are full, vertical, vigorous and powerful, and the artistic value of calligraphy is quite high. The central dragon picture on the back of the coin shows clear dragon patterns, delicate dragon scales, magnificent dragon claws, powerful and domineering, lifelike; the dragon pattern is surrounded by English "34 years of Guangxu" and English "Beiyang", with a dot on the left and right sides and a little bit on the lower side. It can be seen that this coin was made in Beiyang for 34 years by Guangxu Yuanbao, which is extremely rare. The front of the coin shows the perfect integration of Manchu and Han cultures, while the back of the coin shows the great integration of Chinese and Western cultures, with distinct and strong characteristics of the times, profound historical value, and very ornamental and collection value.

北洋的银元发展历程映衬着中国晚清货币政策的进与退,每一次断档也刻录着一次历史的颠簸。了解造币史和造币厂的变迁过程,不仅可以理解银元的历史价值,同时也会对不同时期银元的种类,成色,龙纹特征,齿边特征等方面提高认知。作为大清光绪年流通大面值货币,光绪元宝是我国首批引进海外技术的印发流通货币,对于现今蕴藏了一定历史意义,吸引了广大藏家争相收藏,收藏价值。

The development of the silver dollar in Beiyang reflects the progress and retreat of China's monetary policy in the late Qing Dynasty. Each break also records a historical bump. Understanding the history of coinage and the changing process of mint can not only understand the historical value of silver dollar, but also improve the recognition of the types, color, dragon pattern and tooth edge characteristics of silver dollar in different periods. As the first currency with large denomination in Guangxu year of Qing Dynasty, Guangxu Yuanbao is the first circulation currency to introduce overseas technology. It has a certain historical significance for today and attracts many collectors to collect it. It has great collection value.