Yuan Datou Silver Dollar was issued by Yuan Shikai to solve the problem of military expenditure after the Revolution of 1911. Yuan Shikai's sideways image was cast on currency, so people called this silver dollar Yuan Datou.
At that time, a large number of silver coins were cast in Yuan Datou, so not all of them were valuable. Generally speaking, only a few editions are collectible. Yuan Datou has four denominations: one yuan, middle yuan, twenty cents and ten cents. The prices of different versions of Yuan Datou vary greatly.
1. In the third year of the Republic of China, Yuan Datou had the highest value in seven aspects. The price of good goods signed is about 4 million, and the price of good goods not signed is about 300 thousand. In the third year of the Republic of China, the price of Yuan Datou Qimian was very high because of its small quantity.
2. The current market price of Yuan Datou signed version is around 65,438+00-65,438+05,000. At present, there are not many surviving Yuan Datou, and the signature version is even rarer. Therefore, Yuan Datou's signature edition is more collectible, and the silver dollar of the signature edition has the words "L.GIORGT" or "L.G". Its weight is 26.66g and its diameter is 39.1mm; ; The thickness is 2.4 mm.
3.T-shaped Yuan Datou and Eagle Ocean. The current reference value is1.70-28,000. T-shaped edge and eagle ocean edge are no different from other Yuan Datou, but at that time, in order to prevent criminals from grinding a small amount of silver from the edge of coins for profit, and then mixing them together, one side of coins was changed to T-shaped edge, and the other side was changed to eagle ocean edge.
At that time, only tens of thousands of Yuan Datou with the word "Gansu" were cast, so the price was relatively high. The current reference price is about 2.4 million yuan.
5. "O" version of Yuan Datou. There is a small "O" on the back of the coin, which weighs about 26.6-26.8 grams. At present, the market reference price is about 6.5438+0.5 million yuan.
There are many versions in Yuan Datou, and the prices of coins in different versions of Jade Mirror are different. The price of some ordinary silver dollars is around 600 yuan.