光绪元宝是大清光绪年流通大面值货币之首，是我国首批引进海外技术的印发流通货币，对于现今也蕴藏了一定历史意义。金是自先秦时代即产生的传统金属装饰工艺，是一种传统的做法，称火镀金或汞镀金。

清末铜价剧涨，民间毁钱为铜，以获数倍之利，市面出现钱荒。广东因停铸制钱，市面制钱日乏，小额流通十分不便。为救钱荒，同时受香港铜元及外币影响，光绪26年6月，两广总督德寿与前总督李鸿章奏准广东仿香港铜仙铸造机制铜元。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。故清代机制铜元的铸造由广东伊始。继而福建、江苏、光绪元宝铜币四川等省相继仿铸铜元。

随着近些年古银元市场火热异常，不少银元身价都成倍上涨，有袁大头银、大清银币等等，根据业内人士分析，清代银元多年来一直程稳步上升的趋势，随着珍品币在拍卖市场的陆续出现，更多的收藏人士开始关注近代银币收藏，清代银元的市场价格也出现快速提升的势态，银元收藏将会再起热点。其中光绪元宝更是不少收藏爱好者的首选，而光绪元宝中双龙寿字币也频频卖出天价。

此枚光绪元宝，钱币正面分为内圈和外圈两部分，以珠圈为界，内圈印刻着满汉文“光绪元宝”四个大字，外圈则分为顶部和底部两大部分。顶部刻有“广东省造”四个楷体字，底部则是这枚钱币当时的币值——“库平重壹两”，左右两侧各铸一蝙蝠图案，生动活泼。版面的设计明显与普通的钱币略不一般，极其精致，而且确实为艺术品收藏界的罕见珍品。再看钱币的反面，也是分为内圈和外圈两大部分，背面珠圈外铸二龙戏珠图案，线条优雅，活灵活现，工艺极其精湛，让人看了赞不绝口；珠圈内铸一篆体变形“寿”字。银币设计极富特色，新颖巧妙，正面两侧所铸的一对蝙蝠图案寓意吉祥。因蝙蝠的“蝠”字与“福”字谐音，在币面上铸蝙蝠图案意在取“蝠”、“福”两字谐音，与背面的“寿”字相对应，寓意“福寿双全”。可谓是意蕴深厚，值得藏友们去细细品味。 

Guangxu Yuanbao was the first currency with large denominations in circulation during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. It was the first batch of currency issued and issued in my country that introduced overseas technology, and it also has a certain historical significance for today. Gold is a traditional metal decoration craft that has been produced since the pre-Qin period. It is a traditional method called fire gold plating or mercury plating.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the price of copper rose sharply, and the folks destroyed the money for copper, in order to obtain several times the profit, and the market appeared money shortage. Due to the suspension of casting and making money in Guangdong, the market is short of making money, making small-amount circulation very inconvenient. In order to save the money shortage, influenced by the Hong Kong copper dollar and foreign currencies, in June 26th Guangxu, Governor Deshou of Guangdong and Guangxi and former governor Li Hongzhang played a quasi-Guangdong imitation of Hong Kong copper cents casting mechanism copper dollar. Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, took the lead in introducing British coin minting machines to cast silver and copper dollars, and the provinces followed suit. There are a total of 19 provincial bureaus and bureaus. Except for the central household department, the copper yuan cast by the local provinces has the name of the province on the upper edge of the front. Therefore, the casting of machine-made copper yuan in the Qing Dynasty began in Guangdong. Then Fujian, Jiangsu, and Sichuan provinces such as Guangxu Yuanbao copper coins successively imitation copper yuan.

As the ancient silver dollar market has become extremely hot in recent years, the value of many silver dollars has risen exponentially, such as Yuan Datou silver and Daqing silver coins. According to industry analysts, the Qing Dynasty silver dollar has been steadily rising over the years. Treasure coins appeared in the auction market one after another, and more collectors began to pay attention to the collection of modern silver coins. The market price of silver dollars in the Qing Dynasty also rose rapidly, and silver dollar collections will become hot again. Among them, Guangxu Yuanbao is the first choice of many collectors, and the Ssangyongshou coin in Guangxu Yuanbao is frequently sold at sky-high prices.

In this Guangxu Yuanbao, the front of the coin is divided into two parts: an inner circle and an outer circle. The bead circle is the boundary. The inner circle is engraved with the four characters "Guangxu Yuanbao" in Manchu and the outer circle is divided into two parts, the top and the bottom. The top is engraved with "Made in Guangdong Province" in four italics, and the bottom is the coin's value at the time-"Kuping one tael", with a bat pattern cast on the left and right sides, which is vivid and lively. The design of the layout is obviously slightly different from ordinary coins, extremely delicate, and it is indeed a rare treasure in the art collection world. Looking at the reverse side of the coin, it is also divided into two parts: the inner ring and the outer ring. The bead ring on the back is cast with a two-dragon play bead pattern. The lines are elegant and vivid, and the craftsmanship is extremely exquisite, which makes people full of praise; A seal body deforms the character "Shou". The design of the silver coin is very distinctive, novel and ingenious, and the pair of bats cast on both sides of the front side symbolize auspiciousness. Because the word "bat" of bats is homophonic with the word "福", the pattern of bats on the coin surface is intended to take the homonyms of the words "bat" and "福", which corresponds to the word "shou" on the back, meaning "Fu Shou Shuang Quan" . It can be said to have profound meaning, and it is worth savoring by Tibetan friends.