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Great Qing Copper Coin
The Great Qing Copper Coin (), also known as the Qing Dynasty Copper Coin or Da-Qing Tongbi, officially the Tai-Ching-Ti-Kuo Copper Coin, refers to a series of copper machine-struck coins from the Qing dynasty produced from 1906 (31st year of Guangxu) until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911. These coins were intended to replace the earlier cast cash coins and provincial coinages, but were welcomed to mixed receptions. Two series of Tongyuan (銅元) were simultaneously in circulation, one carried the inscription Guangxu Yuanbao (光緒元寶), which was also used for silver coins, and the other with the inscription "Great Qing Copper Coin". While the Guangxu Yuanbao were often provincially issued and at first were of different weights, the Great Qing Copper Coin was introduced by the imperial government in the hope of creating a unified national currency system. Name The Great Qing Copper Coin featured the English text "Tai-Ching-Ti-Kuo Copper Coin" (where "Tai-Ching-Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dà Qīng Tóng Bì (大清銅幣) - Scanned Image
The Great Qing Copper Coin (), also known as the Qing Dynasty Copper Coin or Da-Qing Tongbi, officially the Tai-Ching-Ti-Kuo Copper Coin, refers to a series of copper machine-struck Qing dynasty coinage, coins from the Qing dynasty produced from 1906 (31st year of Guangxu Emperor, Guangxu) until the Xinhai Revolution, fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911. These coins were intended to replace the earlier Cast coinage, cast Cash (Chinese coin), cash coins and provincial coinages, but were welcomed to mixed receptions. Two series of Tongyuan (銅元) were simultaneously in circulation, one carried the inscription Guangxu Yuanbao (光緒元寶), which was also used for silver coins, and the other with the inscription "Great Qing Copper Coin". While the Guangxu Yuanbao were often provincially issued and at first were of different weights, the Great Qing Copper Coin was introduced by the imperial government in the hope of creating a unified national currency system. Name The Great Qing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |