银元，起源于15世纪，始铸于欧洲，俗称“洋钱”、“花边钱”或“大洋”，是银铸币的通称，是世界上银本位制国家的主要流通货币，大约在16世纪，银元流入我国。但到鸦片战争前，仅作为士大夫阶级的一种玩物或收藏品，并没有成为真正的货币。鸦片战争后流通于长江中下游各省及河北、广东、福建等地。
Silver dollar, originated in the 15th century, began to be cast in Europe, commonly known as "foreign money", "lace money" or "ocean", is a silver coin commonly known as the world's silver-based countries, the main currency in circulation, about the 16th century, silver dollar into China. But before the Opium War, as a kind of toy or collection of scholar-bureaucrats, it did not become a real currency. After the Opium War, they circulated in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Hebei, Guangdong, Fujian and other places.
十九世纪中期起墨西哥银元虽逐渐取代本洋，但尚未完全站稳脚步，觊觎此市场大饼的英国自然也想趁势分杯羹。而香港在南京条约后割让给英国，开埠以来并没有专用货币，一直沿用中国内陆流通的各式货币。1859年港督罗便臣上任后，为推广香港贸易及取代来源不稳定的鹰洋，积极争取在香港发行货币。香港造币厂在规划之初，原本是想以该厂制造的银元占地利之便来取代墨西哥银元，但港府错估情势，民众倾向使用熟悉的货币。
Since the mid-19th century, although the Mexican silver dollar has gradually replaced the foreign currency, it has not yet fully established itself. Britain, which covets the market, naturally wants to take advantage of the situation to share the cake. Hong Kong ceded to Britain after the Treaty of Nanjing, and since its opening there has been no special currency, it has been using all kinds of currencies circulating inland in China. After governor Robinson took office in 1859, he actively sought to issue currency in Hong Kong in order to promote Hong Kong trade and replace the unstable Eagle Ocean. At the outset of the plan, the Hong Kong Mint had intended to replace the Mexican silver dollar with its silver dollar, but the government misestimated the situation and people tended to use familiar currencies.
当新任港督麦当奴了解到这座造币厂的规模远超出其自身需求时，就想要把产品卖到中国，并企图垄断市场以谋取最大利益。1867年香港造币厂刻模试制了一套样币，为要更易被中国政府接受，正面采用象征中国帝王的龙形图案。当时上海是重要新兴港埠，他们误以为采用上海平法有助销量，因此文字使用“上海壹两”，也就是尊慧此次征集到的银元。
When the new governor realized that the size of the Mint was far beyond his own needs, he wanted to sell the product to China and tried to monopolize the market for the best. In 1867, the Hong Kong Mint carved a prototype coin. In order to be more acceptable to the Chinese government, a dragon-shaped design symbolizing the Chinese emperor was adopted. At that time, Shanghai was an important emerging port. They mistakenly believed that the use of Shanghai Ping Fa was conducive to sales. Therefore, they used the words "one Shanghai two", which was the silver dollar collected by Zunhui this time.
目前，深圳观古国际有幸征集到一枚上海壹两：
At present, Shenzhen Guangu International has the privilege to collect one Shanghai one-two:

 
藏品名称：上海壹两
规格：直径4.42cm，重29.6g
Collection Name: Shanghai Yiliang
Specification: 4.42cm in diameter, 29.6g in weight
此银元铸工精美，可谓中西结合的经典之作，在尊慧征集的银元正面，我们中华民族的图腾五爪祥龙昂首而立，威武不凡，在龙的四周有八簇形似光芒的线条，每两簇之间各有一字，分列在四方，正是“上海壹两”，在钱币的背面，上面印有皇冠的团，中间圆圈处刻有四个稍小的图案，分别代表英国皇室及嘉德勋章，在皇冠两侧，则为上海壹两的英文字母及产地和年份，为“1867 HONG KONG SHANGHAI ONE TAEL”。
This silver coin is exquisite, can be said to be a combination of Chinese and Western classics, in Zunhui collection of silver dollar front, our Chinese nation's totem five claws auspicious dragon stand tall, extraordinary, in the dragon around eight clusters of light-like lines, each of the two clusters have a word, separated in four directions, it is "Shanghai one two", in the coin. On the back, there are four slightly smaller designs engraved on the center circle, representing the British Royal Family and the Garde Medal. On both sides of the crown, there are two English letters, the origin and year of Shanghai, 1867 HONG KONG SHANGHAI ONE TAEL.
据悉，钱币界最早对“上海壹两”进行考证，而有具体结果的是中国机制铜币大师伍德华。他在1922年开始注意此币，至1937年发表研究心得，期间费时近十五年。其结论是“上海壹两”是误写，应该是“壹上海两”，“上海”一词是指秤量单位，不是地名，即其本意是“漕平壹两”，并非只要在上海行用。具体的历史原因现代已经无法考证，但是此钱币反映出的历史价值确是毋庸置疑。而近些年，银币在拍卖场上也逐渐占有一席之地，尤其是超越百年的精品。
It is reported that the coin industry was the earliest to carry out textual research on the "Shanghai one two", and the concrete results are the Chinese mechanism of copper coin master Woodward. He began to pay attention to this coin in 1922 and published his research experience in 1937, which took nearly fifteen years. The conclusion is that "Shanghai one and two" is miswritten, should be "one and Shanghai two", "Shanghai" is a weighing unit, not a place name, that is, its original meaning is "one and two", not just in Shanghai. The specific historical reasons are beyond investigation in modern times, but the historical value reflected by this coin is undoubted. In recent years, silver coins have gradually occupied a place in auction houses, especially those that exceed 100 years.
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