In 1900, the Gengzi Beijing Bureau produced a silver coin of Guangxu Yuanbaokuping three coins and six cents, which was cast after the original mold. Because the Beijing Bureau was destroyed by the "Gengzi Rebellion", the original coin was not issued. Except for the two polished-edged coins produced by the division in the UK, they are all post-cast plates, and few have been seen; the molds of the lot are exquisitely carved, the molds are deep, the plate bottom is flat, the dragon picture is unique, and the coin surface is full of silver light. The appearance is perfect.

The "Beijing Bureau" Gengzi series of silver coins are rare and rare among the modern Chinese machine-made coins. A full set of five pieces, with face values of seven cents for two cents, three cents for six cents, one coin for four cents, seven cents and two cents, and three cents Six cents. In the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu (1899), the Qing prince Yiqiu asked the Ministry of Households to try to establish a mint to make silver rounds in the capital. The performance was approved and named "Kyoto Manufacturing Silver Round Bureau", referred to as "Beijing Bureau", in March 1900 Order steam engine, flaking machine, lathe, printing machine and other miscellaneous equipment from the Birmingham Mint, UK, and deliver it before August 6 of that year. In 1900, the Boxer Rebellion started a prairie fire and spread to Beijing. On June 22, the Beijing Bureau was destroyed by war when the Boxer Group attacked the nearby Austrian embassy. According to data, the Beijing Bureau did not formally operate, and only a small number of two-corner and one-corner coins were tested.

During the war, workers rescued four sets of steel molds except the "Yijiao" steel mold, and sold them to the collector Fang Yaoyu. During the Republic of China, they were transferred to Shanghai collector Chen Rentao. During the period, the molds were lent to Shanghai coin merchant Wang Shouqian privately. There are several sets, so the Beijing Bureau silver coins are divided into original and post-cast versions. At present, the number of silver coins in the Beijing bureau is known: the polished-edge version of the sample coin produced by the engraver in the London workshop, with a full set of five denominations, and two sets; the original cast version of the Beijing bureau has only "two corners" and "one corner" in existence. There are two types, each with a quantity of about ten; the post-casting plate, estimated to have produced ten to fifteen sets, the number of "two corners" may be slightly lower than this. It can be seen that no matter what version of the Beijing Bureau silver coins are, they are rare and rare treasures.

The Beijing Bureau silver coin was first seen in the "Reference Book of Chinese Rare Coins" printed by Wang Shouqian in 1935, which contained only two types of two angles and one angle; Geng Aide published a full set of five in the "Examination of Chinese Currency Illustrated Notes" published in 1954. However, it shows that his Chinese friends stated that only the second corner and the first corner were produced by the Beijing bureau, and the rest were privately produced by "a certain Shanghai collector"; in the writings of early spring books such as Jiang Zhongchuan and Shi Jiagan, only the second corner was included. The Jiao and Yijiao coins are also precisely because of this. The Beijing Bureau and related files were destroyed by the Gengzi Rebellion, and the confusing life experience made it one of the most legendary Chinese silver coins. —Refer to "A Hundred Years of Silver Circle" edited by Sun Hao, Shanghai Science and Technology Press, 2012, pages 69-72.

1900年庚子京局制造光绪元宝库平三钱六分银币一枚,原模后铸版,因京局毁于“庚子之乱”,原铸版未发行,七钱二分主币,除雕刻师在英国制作的二枚光边样币之外,存世均为后铸版,所见寥寥无几;拍品模具雕刻精美,打模深峻,版底平整,龙图别具一格,币面满银光,品相完美


“京局”庚子系列银币是中国近代机制币中的珍罕品,全套共五枚,面值分别为七钱二分、三钱六分、一钱四分四厘、七分二厘、三分六厘。光绪二十五年(1899年),庆亲王奕劻请求会同户部在京师试办造币厂制造银圆,上奏获准,定名“京都制造银圆局”,简称“京局”,于1900年3月向英国伯明翰造币厂订购蒸汽机、轧片机、车床、印花机等杂项设备,定于该年8月6日前交运。1900年,义和团烽火燎原并波及北京,6月22日,京局在义和团攻打附近的奥地利使馆时毁于战火。有资料记载,京局并没有正式运行,只试铸了很少量的贰角及壹角样币。

战火中,有工人抢救出除“一角”钢模以外的四套钢模,后售予收藏家方药雨,民国年间又转让给上海收藏家陈仁涛,其间,模具曾借给上海币商王守谦私制数套,于是京局银币有了原铸和后铸版之分。目前已知京局银币的存世量:雕刻师在伦敦工作坊制作的光边版样币,全套五种面额,存世二套;京局原铸版,存世仅有“二角”和“一角”二种,数量各十枚左右;后铸版,估计制作了十至十五套,“二角”数量可能稍低于此。由此可见,无论是何种版别的京局银币,均为难得的罕见珍品。

京局银币最早见著于王守谦在1935年印行的《中国稀见币参考书》,仅载有贰角和壹角二种;耿爱德1954年出版之《中国币图说汇考》内载有全套五枚,但说明其华籍同好表示仅贰角和壹角是京局原厂出品,其余为“某上海藏家”私制;早期泉谱如蒋仲川、施嘉幹的著述中,都只收录有贰角及壹角样币也正因为此。京局连同相关档案毁于庚子之乱,扑朔迷离的身世,使其成为最具传奇色彩的中国机制银币之一。—参阅孙浩编著《百年银圆》,上海科学技术出版社,2012年,页69-72。

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