光绪通宝是清代钱币之一，清德宗光绪年间（1875年-1908年）铸造。光绪通宝面文楷书或楷兼隶、楷兼宋三体；背文满、回文记局、记年、记吉语、记批次等多种形式。不论光绪通宝精彩绝伦的机制钱币，也不论光绪通宝之稀见怪异之版别，单就其普通寻常之大众制钱而言，光绪通宝钱币小巧俊美、端庄秀丽，也堪称翻铸制造之精华，其钱文书法继承和发展了咸丰钱币楷书遗风，纤细挺拔、刚柔相济，又超过了康乾盛世。

光绪钱是中国造币史上首次引进西洋机制造币方法铸造的第一批中国样式（外圆孔方）的行用钱。另有北洋造光绪通宝机制铜币，背北洋零用一文（公元1902-1908年）。光绪通宝面文多为楷书，少数局亦有篆书，背满文记局名，汉文年叫记年钱。计有：泉源苏直浙昌福武南晋陕川广桂云黔津沽漳河吉宁东奉新，伊犁，库车，阿克苏。另有背记值，星月纹及合背钱，一般径2--2.4厘米，重1.8--3克。广东，福建，天津，吉林有机制钱，山西宝晋局铸大通宝钱径4.8厘米，重24.2克，吉语钱等。

Guangxu Tongbao is one of the coins of the Qing Dynasty. It was forged during the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1875-1908). Guangxu Tongbao face writing in regular script or regular script and Li, regular script and Song three styles; There are many forms, such as reciting Wen man, palindromes, recording the Bureau, recording the year, recording the auspicious language, recording the batch, etc. No matter move among force and soft money, no matter how rare the Guangxu Tong Bao is, it is only the ordinary public money making. It is also known as the essence of casting and making. It has inherited and developed the Feng Feng script of Xianfeng, which is superior to Kang Qian's flourishing age.

Guangxu coin is the first batch of Chinese style (outer round hole square) coins made by introducing the western mechanism coinage method for the first time in the history of Chinese coinage. In addition, Beiyang made Guangxu Tongbao mechanism copper coins, carrying Beiyang pocket money (1902-1908). Guangxu Tongbao face writing is mostly regular script, and a few bureaus also have seal script. They memorize the name of the bureaus in Manchu and call it Nian Qian in Chinese. There are: Spring source, Suzhi, zhechang, Fuwu, Southern Jin, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guang, GUI, Yun, Qian, Jingu, Zhanghe, Ji, Ning, Dong, Fengxin, Ili, Kuqa, Aksu. There are also memorization values, star moon patterns and combined back money, with a general diameter of 2-2.4 cm and a weight of 1.8-3 G. Guangdong, Fujian, Tianjin and Jilin organically make money. Shanxi Baojin Bureau casts Da Tongbao money, with a diameter of 4.8 cm and a weight of 24.2 g. Jiyu money, etc.