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。光绪年间铸造了一系列钱币，但江南省造光绪元宝由于不便于流通使用，故铸额极其稀少，更显珍贵。
Guangxu Yuanbao was one of the currencies circulated in Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Zhidong, governor of Guangzhou and Guangdong provinces, first introduced the British coin machine to cast silver and copper yuan. After that, the provinces followed suit, with 19 provincial bureaus casting. During the Guangxu period, a series of coins were minted, but because of the inconvenience of circulation and use, the amount of minted coins in Jiangnan Province was extremely rare and precious.
江南省设于清朝顺治二年(1645年)，省府位于江宁(今南京)。清代的江南省前身是明朝的南直隶江南省，范围大致相当于今天的江苏省、上海市和安徽省。康熙六年(1667年)清廷撤江南省，分设江苏和安徽两个省。南京造币厂将其铸造的银币标明“江南省造”，是因为当时苏州已经有一个专铸机制铜元的造币厂，其铸造的铜元均标明“江苏省造”。为避免混淆，南京造币厂将其铸造的银币标明“江南省造”。系我国货币史上有名无实的省份银币。
Jiangnan province was set up in the Qing Dynasty two years (1645), the provincial capital is located in Jiangning (today's Nanjing). The predecessor of Jiangnan Province in Qing Dynasty was Nanzhili Jiangnan Province in Ming Dynasty, which is roughly equivalent to Jiangsu, Shanghai and Anhui provinces today. In the six year (1667), the Qing Dynasty withdrew from Jiangnan province and divided into two provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui. Nanjing Mint marked its silver coins as "Made in Jiangnan Province", because at that time there was already a coin factory in Suzhou which had a special machine for making copper yuan, and all the copper coins were marked "Made in Jiangsu Province". In order to avoid confusion, the Nanjing Mint marked its silver coin as "Jiangnan province". It is a nominal Province in the history of money in China.
目前，深圳观古国际有幸征集到一枚江南省造光绪元宝：
At present, Shenzhen Guan Gu international has the honour to collect a treasure of Guangxu province.

 
藏品名称：江南省造光绪元宝
规格：重27.2g，直径3.87cm
Name of the collection: Guangxu, Jiangnan Province
Specifications: heavy 27.2g, diameter.87cm
此枚钱币正面中珠圈内镌满汉文“光绪元宝”四字，圈外上端镌“江南省造”，下端镌币重“每枚当制钱百文”。钱币背面中镌一个飞龙，上端镌英文“江南省”，左右两侧分别镌一个长六花星。品相佳，包浆明显，虽然经历了无情岁月的洗礼，但如今依然保存较为完好，收藏价值和升值空间都值得期待。
On the front of the coin, the four characters of "Guangxu Yuanbao" in Chinese are engraved in the middle Pearl circle. On the outside, the upper part of the coin is engraved with "Made in Jiangnan Province", while the lower part is heavily engraved with "Every coin should be made into 100 pieces". On the back of the coin is a flying dragon and on the top is the English "Jiangnan Province", with a six-flower star on the left and right sides respectively. Good quality, clear package pulp, although experienced the baptism of ruthless years, but still relatively well preserved, collection value and appreciation space are worth looking forward to.
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