The casting of Longyang at the end of the Qing Dynasty can be described as a chaotic feast, and its degree can be called the highest in the world. From the beginning of Jilin's factory level, the pattern style of the silver dollar weight unit has not been unified, until the promulgation of the Qing Dynasty "Currency System Regulations" in the second year of Xuantong, there was a formal unified issuance of the Qing Dynasty silver coin in the third year of Xuantong, but the Qing Dynasty just came to an abrupt end in the third year of Xuantong (1911), which can be described as a big joke.
The ** mint of the Qing Dynasty was supposed to be the Beijing Silver Dollar Bureau located in Beijing, but unfortunately in 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded Beijing and the Beijing Silver Dollar Bureau was destroyed. Later, in the 29th year of Guangxu (1903), the household department decided to re-establish the silver dollar mint in Beijing, but considering the technical conditions at that time (coal burning), it finally chose to set up a mint in Tianjin Dajing Road.
Because the household department was renamed the degree branch in the following year, many copper plates have the words "degree branch" on them. (It is said that the name of the household department was changed to the degree branch in preparation for the constitution.) Although the General Mint and the Beiyang Machinery Bureau are both in Tianjin, they are of different ages and are not the same mint.
Hubu Kuping one or two Guangxu ingots. Struck in 1903, it is not officially in circulation, only the pattern remains. The series has one two, five money, two money, one money, five cents, five cents, five cents. It can be said that it is a relatively complete combination of coins in terms of design.
The Beijing Bureau cast Gengzi Guangxu ingots. It was struck in 1900 by the Beijing Silver Dollar Bureau, and only post-minted patterns have survived. This series also has seven coins and two cents, three coins and six cents, one money and four cents, seven cents and two cents, and three cents and six cents.
The dragon pattern on the Gengzi Guangxu ingots is a cloud dragon pattern commonly used on dragon robes, and it can be said that the design of this silver dollar is very local. It is also probably the only coin with the English Longyang of Beijing on its face.
Hubu Daqing silver coin Bingwu one tael (middle). It was minted in 1906 at the Main Mint. In 1906, the Beiyang Mint was merged into the household department and the Mint General Mint was established, so this coin is actually the prototype of the mint. This conclusion can be drawn by comparing dragon samples. Gehry writes that there are also different denominations of one dollar, five coins, two coins, and one coin.
Hubu Daqing silver coin Ding Wei one tael (middle).It was minted in 1907 at the Main Mint. The coin officially entered the market flow through for a short time, less than a year. And the official replacement is the current leading product of Longyang's class - the total manufacturer.
The mint of the general mint Guangxu yuan treasure treasury flat seven coins and two cents, commonly known as the total of making. Minted in 1908. The total treasury is flat seven cents and two cents, and there are one coin and four cents and seven cents and two cents in the auxiliary coins. This combination is a bit strange, equivalent to the current RMB only one yuan, two cents and one cent, and the common three cents and six cents (five cents) are gone.
There is no version classification for the total seven coins, but there are two versions of one coin, namely the dot version and the dotless version. That point is just above the dragon's tail.
Make a total of one penny and four cents without a dot version.
Make a total of one penny and four cents a little version.
After the total number of creations, there is another big hit in Longyang, the Qing Dynasty Xuansan. The dragon-like design of Xuansan of the Great Qing Dynasty is the most beautiful of all the dragons in my opinion, not only the silver dollar is beautiful, but the copper plate is also beautiful. I also specially got a Xuansan copper plate to make a key chain.
Xuantong made a silver coin of the Great Qing Dynasty in the year of XuantongIt is the predecessor of Xuansan in the Qing Dynasty, and the dragon face has the word $1, which was canceled in the official version, and Manchu was added in the middle of the literal. The auxiliary coins have five jiao, two jiao, five cents and one jiao, and from this time onwards, it is also determined that the currency of the Qing Dynasty entered the "yuan" era.
Xuantong made a large Qing silver coin with five jiao. Commonly known as the water dragon pentagonal. It is also a large silver dollar that can be seen.
In the design modification of the Qing Dynasty Xuansan, there were also five categories of long-whiskered dragons, short-bearded dragons, anti-dragons, big-tailed dragons, and curved bearded dragons, and the final draft was the last one, which we are now familiar with as the dragon.
Xuan three Qing silver coins long bearded dragon. The dragon-shaped beard is very long, the shape is not very beautiful, and the dragon's eyes are godless like a blind dragon. There are three versions of the long-bearded dragon, the three major Qing silver coins of the long bearded dragon yang leaf version, the yin leaf version, and the Qu bearded dragon text version.
The difference between the yang leaf version and the yin leaf version is whether the stem of the leftmost leaf is convex or concave, the convex is the yang leaf version, and the recessed is the yin leaf version.
Qu Whisker Dragon text version is the text side is matched with the text side of the ordinary Xuansan silver coin, the bouquet on both sides is a group of flowers very plump, can be identified at a glance, in addition to the short vertical of the year is also different from the long beard dragon, the pen is pointed.
However, this is really useless knowledge, and I don't think most people will ever have the chance to see a real long-bearded dragon in their lives, let alone distinguish between them.
Xuan three Qing silver coins long bearded dragon yang leaf version sp
Xuan three Qing silver coins long bearded dragon yin leaf version sp
Xuan three Qing silver coins long bearded dragon with a song bearded dragon literally
Xuan three Qing silver coins anti-dragon version,This version of the dragon is very close to the curved dragon, but the direction of the dragon is opposite, and the tail rushes to the right, so it is called the anti-dragon version. There are also two small versions, the Yang Leaf Version and the Yin Leaf Version, which are distinguished in the same way as the Longbearded Dragon.
Xuan three Qing silver coins anti-dragon yang leaf version sp
Xuan three Qing silver coins anti-dragon yin leaf version sp
Xuan three Qing silver coins big tail dragon version。The characteristic of the big-tailed dragon is also obvious, that is, the tail is large. There are 12 dragon whiskers on the tail. The leftmost one is short and lower than the auspicious cloud, the middle ten pierce the auspicious cloud, and the rightmost one floats on top of the auspicious cloud.
The last thing to appear is the official Xuan San Qing silver coin Qu Xulong version. If we look at the dragon from the long beard dragon all the way, we will find that it is a very interesting process for Party A (the imperial court) to put forward the demand, and Party B (the British designer) to modify it step by step until Party A is satisfied.
The Xuan San Qing silver coin Qu Xulong was struck in 1911 and minted in about 77,153,000 coins. There are three large versions, one is the R post-point version, one is a light version, and one is a deep version.
The dot after R is obviously a dot at the end of the word dollar, and there are also large dots and small dots, but I personally don't think it means much.
The difference between the deep version and the light version is that at 9 o'clock on the dragon face, the rightmost part of the dragon's tail in the middle of the two clouds, the light version does not appear out of the clouds and is hidden in the clouds, while the deep version of the cloud is obvious. There is also a shallow version of the silver horizontal fold that does not come out, and the deep version comes out.
There are many small versions of the deep and light versions of the Xuansan silver coin, such as what left wide teeth, right close teeth, near the unified point, double eyelids, etc., I personally think that there is no separation from the two large versions of the deep version and the light version, and it should not belong to the dark mark category, it belongs to the subtle changes during each mold repair, so don't be too persistent.
Xuan three Qing silver coins Qu Xu Long R after the point version
Xuan three Qing silver coins Qu Xulong shallow version less flame
Xuan three Qing silver coins Qu Whisker Dragon Deep Edition multi-flame.
Xuan's three Qing silver coins are also very complete, with five jiao, two jiao, and one jiao.
Xuan three Qing silver coins Wu Jiao Yin Xuan EditionCommonly known as Lilong Wujiao, the shape is slightly ugly.
Xuan three Qing silver coins Wu Jiao Yang Xuan Edition
The words Yang Xuan and Yin Xuan will also appear in the later Long Yang, a brief introduction, Yin is concave, Yang is convex. There is only one concave spin on the yin spin fire bead, and there are two concave and one convex on the yang spin fire bead.
Xuan three Qing silver coins two cornersAlthough this coin is a little smaller, the design of the dragon has not been abandoned at all, but it looks more pleasing to the eye than the pentagonal.
Xuan three Qing silver coins in one corner.
So at this point, the main minted silver dollar of the ** bureau has been introduced.