湖北省库平七钱二分光绪元宝

光绪元宝湖北省造

made in Guangxu yuanbao，hubei province

重：20.8g 直 径：3.9cm

Weight：20.8g   diameter:3.9cm

此件藏品为：“湖北省库平七钱二分光绪元宝”三枚，钱币正面顶部铸楷体“湖北省造”四字，底部铸货币价值“库平七钱二分”，币中心为满汉文“光绪元宝”四字，左右两侧各点缀一朵花纹;银币背面外圈顶部用小号英文标准字体铭“HU-PEH PROVINCE”字样，下面为英文“7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS”，内圈中心铸蟠龙图。

The collection is: "hubei kuping seven COINS two guangxu yuan bao" three, the front of the coin top cast regular script "made in hubei province" four words, the bottom cast currency value "kuping seven COINS two cents", the coin center is full of Chinese "guangxu yuan bao" four words, left and right each embellishment of a pattern; "Hu-peh PROVINCE" in small size on the top of the outer ring. "7 MACE AND 2 CANDAREENS" in English.

该藏品正面图案中央为满汉文“光绪元宝”，上方为“湖北省造”四字，下面为记值：库平七钱二分；背面图案由蟠龙图和英文字母组合。图文有神，压力到位，气色自然，包浆老道，流通痕迹自然。此枚银币现存世量不多，具有很高的收藏和投资价值，上面轻微的锈迹也见证了其历史年代的沉积，其外形不仅给人一种凝重的历史沧桑感，且整个钱币的版面分为内外圈两部分，整体设计非常细致，不难看出它明显的历史过渡性特征，该银币虽然历经沧桑，但纹路依然隐约可见，有着难以言表的收藏投资价值。

In the center of the positive pattern of the collection is "guangxu yuanbao" in manchu Chinese, and above is "made in hubei province". The back design is a combination of dragons and English letters. The text and text are vivid, the pressure is in place, the color is natural, the patina is old, the circulation trace is natural. This coin the remaining amount is not much, has the very high collection value and investment, the slight rust also witnessed its historical s deposit, its appearance not only give a person a kind of dignified history along, and the whole layout is divided into two parts, inside and outside the circle of the coin, the overall design is very detailed, it is not hard to see it obvious historical transitional characteristics, the silver although through vicissitudes of life, but the lines are still faintly visible, words can't describe a collection of investment value.

重：23g 直 径：3.9cm

Weight：23g   diameter:3.9cm

晚清光绪十三年(公元1887年)，两广总督张之洞，为维护清政府的统治，根据清政府的财政情况及对外贸易的需要，奏请清政府，主张自行铸制银元“龙洋”。获准后，于光绪十五年(公元1889年)，在广东设厂开始制造广东省光绪亓宝，到光绪十六年(公元1890年)，广东省光绪元宝进入市面开始流通。随后，张之洞调任湖广总督，紧接着湖北省立马步广东省之后尘，于光绪二十一年(公元1895年)，开设造币厂制造湖北省光绪亓宝。与此同时，天津的北洋机器局也开始制造银元。见此情况，清政府的一些御史官员先后奏请清政府准许各省仿效广东、湖北两省。在清政府“各省一律鼓铸”的圣旨下后，各省闻风而动，仿效广东、湖北两省，争先恐后的竞相设厂制造本省的光绪元宝。

In the thirteenth year of guangxu reign of the late qing dynasty (1887 AD), zhang zhidong, governor of guangdong and guangdong provinces, in order to maintain the rule of the qing government, according to the financial situation of the qing government and the needs of foreign trade, requested the qing government to advocate self-minting silver dollar "longyang". Approved, guangxu 15 years (AD 1889), set up a factory in guangdong to start manufacturing guangdong guangxu qi treasure, to the sixteenth year of guangxu xu (AD 1890), guangdong guangxu yuanbao into the market began to circulate. Then, zhang zhidong was appointed governor of huguang, followed immediately by hubei province. In the 21st year of guangxu emperor (1895 AD), he opened a mint to manufacture guangxu qi treasure of hubei province. At the same time, beiyang machinery bureau in tianjin also started making silver dollars. Seeing this, some imperial officials of the qing government asked the qing government to allow the provinces to imitate guangdong and hubei provinces. Under the imperial decree of the qing government that "all the provinces shall drum and cast", the provinces, following the example of guangdong and hubei provinces, fell over each other to set up factories to manufacture guangxu gold ingot of their own province.

由于当时清政府掌控力不足，各省都是各自为政，不理采清朝中央的指挥。造成币制极其混乱，出现两个个现象，一、成色份量不一，二、由于成色分量不一造成各省的市场价格不统一。各省所制的银元又标有各省的省名，加上各省之间的勾心斗角，互相抵制，甚至互相折台，以至这些银元不能在全国流通。此时，就在广东、湖北两省制造“七钱二分”的银币之时，就有人指出，银元应该以“一两”为单位，这样就方便与银两兑换使用。这就是晚清时，所谓的“两”与“元”之争的开始。

Due to the lack of control of the qing government at that time, all provinces were independent, ignoring the command of the central qing dynasty. Currency system caused by extreme confusion, there are two phenomena, one, the quality of the weight of different, two, due to the quality of the weight of different provinces caused by the market price is not uniform. The silver COINS made by the provinces were also marked with the names of the provinces, and there were intrigues among the provinces against each other and even against each other, so that the silver COINS could not circulate in the whole country. At this time, when the two provinces of guangdong and hubei were producing "seven cents and two cents" of silver COINS, someone pointed out that silver yuan should be "one or two" as a unit, so as to facilitate exchange with silver. This was the beginning of the debate between the so-called "two" and "yuan" in the late qing dynasty.

重：21.2g 直 径：3.9cm

Weight：21.2g   diameter:3.9cm

中国最早的机制洋式银元为光绪年间的“光绪元宝”，俗称“龙洋”，因银元背面一般铸有龙纹而得名。珍稀古钱币是货币历史的实物，由于早已不在流通领域，留存下来的亦少之极少，更是历史的见证。光绪元宝有着浓厚的历史意义和研究价值;同时，还是考古和研究中国历史文化难得的实物。珍贵的光绪元宝钱币记载着清朝惊天动地的历史，由于历经百年风雨，存世量极为稀少，尤其是品相好的更为稀缺，因此很受收藏爱好者青睐。

The earliest mechanism of foreign silver yuan in China is the "guangxu yuan treasure" of the guangxu period, commonly known as "longyang", named for the dragon pattern on the back of the silver yuan. The rare and precious ancient coin is the real thing of the monetary history, because it is not in circulation field already, the remaining is also very few, it is the witness of the history. Guangxu yuanbao has a strong historical significance and research value; At the same time, it is a rare object for archaeology and the study of Chinese history and culture. Precious guangxu yuan COINS record the history of the qing dynasty, because after a hundred years of wind and rain, the amount of existence is very rare, especially good appearance is more scarce, so it is very popular among collectors.

昔时两广总督张之洞在建设广东造币厂之后奉旨转督两湖，于光绪十九年(公元1893年)奏准在湖北武昌设立造币厂，所制银币的图案与广东七钱二分银币相仿。乾隆时曾开铸镌有班禅头像的纪念性银币，道光元年(1821)鼓铸了犒赏用的银币，但用机械自铸新式银元则始于光绪八年(1882)吉林机械局铸造的厂平(吉林通用银两)一两币，因铸造数目甚少，后世有数，时市面流通的银币主要是洋钱。两广总督张之洞于十三年(1887年)奏准由广东造币厂试铸，正面铸有“光绪元宝”4字，上圈有“广东省造”4字，下圈有“库平七钱二分”6字，反面镌有龙形及一串英文，越二三年铸成，在市面流通，是为龙洋的起源。

In the 19th year of guangxu emperor (1893), zhang zhidong, governor of guangdong and guangdong provinces, was authorized to set up a mint in wuchang, hubei province. Emperor qianlong had open cast engrave has panchen commemorative silver head, light (1821) of the first drum cast the reward with silver, but cast in machinery since the new silver began eight years guangxu (1882) in jilin okmo casting factory flat (jilin general silver) one or two COINS, number of casting, for future generations, the circulation of silver mainly is his. Zhang zhidong, governor of guangdong and guangdong provinces, was approved by guangdong mint for trial casting in the 13th year (1887). On the front, there was "guangxu gold ingot", on the top, there was "made in guangdong province", on the bottom, there was "kuping seven COINS and two cents".