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Yuan Shikai Coinage
Beginning in 1914, silver coinage featuring the portrait of Chinese president and military leader Yuan Shikai was minted across the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China to replace the previous Qing dynasty coinage, Imperial coinage. The most prominent and numerous of these coins, the Yuan Shikai dollar (also known as the "fatman dollar" by Coin collecting, collectors, from Chinese language, Chinese ) remained in production long after Yuan's death in 1916. Designed by Tianjin Mint engraver Luigi Giorgi, the coin features a profile bust of Yuan wearing a military uniform on the obverse, with a wreath of grain and the denomination of one yuan on the reverse. It served to replace the imperial Silver Dragon (coin), Dragon Dollar and the various foreign silver dollars in circulation in China. The dollar coins were regularly produced by various mints across China from 1914 to 1928, with a total production run exceeding a billion coins. Until 1920, all coins were dated Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan (currency)
The yuan ( ; currency sign, sign: ¥; ; ) is the base unit of a number of former and present-day currency, currencies throughout Greater China, China. A ''yuan'' () is also known colloquially as a ''kuai'' (; originally a lump of silver). One ''yuan'' is divided into 10 ''jiao'' () or colloquially ''mao'' (). One ''jiao'' is divided into 10 ''fen'' (). Modern usage The term "yuan" usually refers to the primary unit of account of the renminbi (RMB), the currency of the People's Republic of China. RMB banknotes start at one Yuan and go up to 100 Yuan. It is also used as a synonym of that currency, especially in international contexts – the ISO 4217 standard code for renminbi is CNY, an abbreviation of "Chinese yuan". (A similar case is the use of the terms pound sterling, ''sterling'' to designate British currency and ''pound'' for the unit of account.) The symbol for the yuan (元) is also used in Chinese to refer to the currency units of Japan ''(Japanese yen, yen)'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
