光绪元宝是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，这些钱币小巧，铸造精致。广东省造光堵元宝由位于广州的广东钱局负责生产，该局由时任两厂总督张之洞创办。张之洞于光堵十三年奏请在广东创力钱局，购买机器，得到清政府批准后于同年四月向英国喜敦厂订购机器，在广州大东门外黄花塘建造厂房。

Guangxu Yuanbao was one of the currencies circulated during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Zhidong, governor of Guangzhou and Guangdong, took the lead in introducing British coin machines to mint silver and copper yuan, and later provinces followed suit. Nineteen provincial bureaus have minted these coins, which are small and exquisite. Guangzhou Guangguang Duyuanbao is produced by the Guangdong Money Bureau in Guangzhou, which was founded by Zhang Zhidong, then governor of the two factories. Zhang Zhidong asked Chuangli Money Bureau of Guangdong to buy the machines in Guangdu for 13 years. After being approved by the Qing government, he ordered the machines from Heyton Factory of England in April of the same year and built a factory in Huanghuatang outside Dadongmen of Guangzhou.

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Zhang Zhidong's Portrait

银币的铸造，史料中没有确切记载，泉家们历来对于其具体铸造情况有不同的解读，至今没有定论。民国时期的张炯伯等学者认为:这种银币系光绪三十一年(1905)为纪念慈禧太后七十寿辰而铸造的。张炯伯在其《广东省造壹两银币》一文中称:"惟本品因未纪年，殊难遽断，然观其图案，谐作福寿，环绕双龙，幕无英文，意含颂祝，大异常制。由此以推，成为纪念币之一种，专铸以祝慈禧太后七旬万寿者也。

The coinage of silver coins has not been accurately recorded in historical materials. Quanzi scholars have always had different interpretations of its specific casting situation, so far there is no final conclusion. Zhang Jiebo and other scholars in the Republic of China believed that this silver coin was coined in the 31st year of Guangxu (1905) to commemorate the 70th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi. In his article "Two Silver Coins Made in Guangdong Province", Zhang Jongbo said: "However, due to the unknown age, this product is very difficult to break quickly, but look at its pattern, make a happy life harmoniously, surround the Shuanglong, the curtain has no English, meaning praise and congratulations, big exception system. As a result, it has become one of the commemorative coins, especially for those who wish Empress Dowager Cixi a longevity of seventy days.

广东省造光绪元宝正面

Guangxu Yuanbao, Guangdong Province

此币正面珠圈外上端镌刻“广东省造”四字，下端镌刻楷书“库平重壹两”五字，左右两侧各镌有一蝙蝠图案，珠圈内铸有“光绪元宝”四字。由于蝙蝠的“蝠”字与“福”字同音，因此古代人多以用蝙蝠形象寓意为福。

The front of the coin is inscribed with four characters of "Made in Guangdong Province" on the top and five characters of "Kuping Chongyi Liang" on the bottom. There is a bat pattern on the left and right sides, and four words of "Guangxu Yuan Bao" on the inside. Because the word "bat" and the word "happiness" are homonymous, the ancient people used the image of bat as a symbol of happiness.

广东省造光绪元宝背面

Back of Yuanbao, Maoguangxu, Guangdong Province

银币背面珠圈外铸双龙戏珠图案，珠圈内铸一圆形“寿”字。这杯银币设计匠心独特，正面的双“福”与背面的“寿”，合意为“福寿双全”。此币整体铸造工艺精细，包浆老道，锈色自然，纹饰生动传神，栩栩如生，寓意吉祥，纹饰錾刻秀美精工，锈色青翠，属罕见的银币珍品。值得收藏！

On the back of the silver coin, a double dragon balloon pattern is cast outside the bead circle, and a round "Shou" character is cast inside the bead circle. This silver coin is designed with unique ingenuity. The double "happiness" on the front and the "longevity" on the back mean "both happiness and longevity". This coin is a rare silver coin treasure with exquisite casting technology, old-fashioned slurry wrapping, natural rust color, vivid decoration, lifelike, auspicious implication, beautiful decoration and exquisite carving, rust green. It's worth collecting!

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