广州东朝寻宝：精品钱币赏析｜光绪元宝两枚
光绪元宝是清朝光绪年间流通的货币之一。由湖北两广总督张之洞率先引进英国铸币机器铸造银元和铜 元，之后各省纷纷仿效。共有十九个省局铸造，除中央户部，地方省所铸铜元，皆在其正面上缘镌写省名。
Yuanbao of Guangxu is one of the currency circulating in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei Province and Guangdong Province, took the lead in introducing the British coinage machine to cast silver and copper coins, and then the provinces followed suit. A total of 19 provinces and bureaus cast copper coins. In addition to the central household and local provinces, the names of provinces are engraved on the upper edge of the front.
光绪元宝是收藏界品相极佳的一类银币藏品之一，发行量由各省铸造量而定，在银币二十大珍品中，也不乏有出众的种类，像广东省、福建官局的铸造量极低，被誉为珍品中的珍品。
Guangxu Yuanbao is one of the best collections of silver coins in the collection field. Its circulation is determined by the amount of silver coins cast in each province. Among the 20 treasures of silver coins, there are many outstanding types. For example, the amount of silver coins cast by Guangdong Province and Fujian government bureau is very low, which is known as the treasure among the treasures.
1、广东省造光绪元宝
在我国近代银币中，广东省造光绪元宝库平重壹两是久享盛名的一种。银币设计精湛，铸造精美，图案中有“寿”字及二龙戏珠纹样，故习称广东“寿字一两”或“双龙一两”，其稀有程度及其神秘的身世一直为藏界津津乐道，被誉为“传说中的银币”。
1. Guangdong Province zaoguangxu Yuanbao
Among the modern silver coins in China, Guangdong Province made Guangxu Yuanbao bank, pingchong one or two, has long enjoyed a great reputation. The design of silver coins is exquisite and the casting is exquisite. The patterns include the word "Shou" and the pattern of two dragons playing with beads. Therefore, it is often called "Shou word one or two" or "Double Dragons one or two" in Guangdong. Its rarity and mysterious life experience are always talked about by the Tibetan community, and it is known as "the legendary silver coins".
此枚银币正面以珠圈为界，可分为内外两个部分：珠圈以外，上端为“广东省造”四字，底部币值为“库平重壹两”，左右两侧各铸一蝙蝠图案。珠圈以内，铸有满、汉文“光绪元宝”四字。背面也以珠圈为界：珠圈外面，铸有双龙戏珠图案；珠圈里面，铸有一圆形“寿”字。
The obverse of this silver coin is divided into two parts: one is made in Guangdong Province at the top, the other is made in Kuping and the other is made in bats at the left and right. Within the bead circle, there are four characters of "Guangxu Yuanbao" in Manchu and Chinese. The back is also bounded by the bead circle: outside the bead circle, there is a pattern of double dragons playing with beads; inside the bead circle, there is a round character "Shou".
从构图上可以看出，该币具有非常明显的中华民族传统文化特征：全币文字均为中文，不同于其他银币的中英双文字；正面“光绪元宝”，两侧各有蝙蝠一只，与“福”字谐音，背面二龙戏珠图正中为一篆书“寿”字，图案寓意“福寿双全”，在中国属于“大福”的寓意。
From the composition, it can be seen that the coin has very obvious traditional Chinese cultural characteristics: the characters of the whole coin are all Chinese, different from the Chinese and English double characters of other silver coins; on the front side, "Guangxu Yuanbao", there is a bat on both sides, which is homophonic with the word "Fu"; on the back side, in the middle of the picture of Erlong opera beads, there is a seal character "Shou", which means "Fu Shou Shuangquan", which belongs to "Da Fu" in China Implied meaning.
2、福建官局造光绪元宝
福建铸造银币的历史，最早可以追溯至明末清初郑成功统治时期。由于地处海上丝绸之路起点，并受到西班牙和墨西哥银币广泛流通的影响，其后闽台两地均铸有以军饷一类为名的银币，但均系土法打制，机制银币的历史则出现较晚。
2. Guangxu Yuanbao made by Fujian Government Bureau
The history of minting silver coins in Fujian can be traced back to the reign of Zheng Chenggong in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty. Because it is located at the starting point of the maritime Silk Road and influenced by the wide circulation of silver coins in Spain and Mexico, silver coins in the name of military pay have been cast in Fujian and Taiwan since then, but they are all made by local methods, and the history of mechanism silver coins appears later.
光绪二十二年（1896），清廷批准福建省由官绅创办造币厂，仿铸广东、湖北两省银元。同年10月造币厂奉清廷急令停办，停办原因或因官绅合办性质，随即福建总督收回铸币权。一般认为这一时期曾试铸七钱二分银元，并有实物存世。
In 1896, the Qing government approved the establishment of mints by the officials and gentry in Fujian Province to imitate the silver coins of Guangdong and Hubei provinces. In October of the same year, the Mint was suspended under the urgent order of the Qing government. The governor of Fujian immediately recovered the right of coinage because of the reasons for the suspension or the nature of the joint operation of the officials and the gentry. It is generally believed that during this period, seven silver coins and two silver coins were cast on trial, and some of them survived in kind.
该币正面圈内镌汉文和满文“光绪元宝”字样，上铸“福建官局造”五字，下镌“库平七钱二分”六字，两旁镌花饰。背面蟠龙居中，外圈为英文，并镌有“7”和“2”阿拉伯数字，两旁镌小花饰。
The obverse of the coin is engraved with "Guangxu Yuanbao" in Chinese and Manchu, with five characters of "made by Fujian government bureau" on the top, six characters of "Kuping seven coins and two cents" on the bottom, and flower decorations on both sides. The back of the dragon is in the middle, the outer ring is in English, and is engraved with "7" and "2" Arabic numerals, with small flower decorations on both sides.
银币饰纹清晰，立体感强，质地浑厚有实感，收藏价值附带着特殊的历史意义，是集收藏与投资于一身的精品！
Silver coins have clear decorative pattern, strong three-dimensional sense, thick texture and solid sense. The collection value is accompanied by special historical significance, which is a collection and investment in one of the boutique!
