广州东朝文化：湖北省造光绪元宝当十
光绪元宝，清朝光绪年间流通的货币之一。由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, one of the currency circulating in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. Zhang Zhidong, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, took the lead in introducing the British coinage machine to make 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.
公元1894年（清光绪20年），湖北省武昌银元制造局，根据广东省造的银元图案，开始铸造“湖北省造光绪元宝”。
In 1894 A.D. (the 20th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty), Hubei Wuchang silver yuan manufacturing bureau began to cast "Hubei Guangxu silver yuan treasure" according to the silver yuan pattern made in Guangdong Province.
藏品正面铸有铭文，顶部铸楷体“湖北省造”，底部铸货币价值“当十”，中心直读“光绪元宝”四字，左右分列满文。藏品背面内圈铸有神龙腾飞图腾，外圈铸有英文，品相精致，其审美风格独特。钱币虽小，也可窥见当时社会文化一斑。
There are inscriptions on the front of the collection, regular script "made in Hubei Province" on the top, currency value "Dang Shi" on the bottom, and four characters "Guangxu Yuanbao" in the center, with Manchu characters on the left and right. On the back of the collection, the inner ring is cast with dragon flying totem, and the outer ring is cast with English, which is exquisite in appearance and unique in aesthetic style. Although the coin is small, it can also have a glimpse of the social culture at that time.
“光绪元宝”在货币收藏界被称为银元之宝，是结合了满汉文化的产物，因为当时清朝是满洲人在统治天下，所以光绪元宝也结合了一些满人的文化因素。值得关注的是，此枚钱币背面图案整体向右下角倾斜，为属错版龙，存世少，包浆浑厚，品相极佳。
"Guangxu Yuanbao" is called the treasure of silver coins in the field of currency collection, which is the product of the combination of Manchu and Han culture. Because Manchu people ruled the world at that time, Guangxu Yuanbao also combined some cultural factors of Manchu people. It is worth noting that the reverse of this coin is inclined to the lower right corner as a whole, which is a wrong version of inverted dragon, with few existence, thick slurry and excellent appearance.
因为晚清的光绪元宝和大清铜币均采用了各种龙形作为反面图画，且龙型改变多样，作为龙的传人，不少铜元爱好者愈加偏心清末铜元。
Because the Guangxu Yuanbao and the Qing copper coins in the late Qing Dynasty all adopted various dragon shapes as the reverse pictures, and the Dragon shapes changed in various ways. As the descendants of the dragon, many copper lovers were more and more partial to the late Qing copper coins.
