According to the dragon pattern on the back, Daqing silver coins can be divided into long bearded dragon, short bearded dragon, curved bearded dragon, anti-dragon and big tailed dragon. The Qing silver coin was a mechanism coin in Xuan Tong in the late Qing Dynasty. Because it is made by machine, it is difficult to identify. Next, I will introduce five editions of Xuan Tong's Qing silver coins:
1, bearded dragon
As the name implies, the two beards on the dragon's face are longer, and the ends of the beards extend into a circle. In addition, the dragon head is relatively large and looks dignified as a whole. However, the design of the face makes the dragon look a little senile, and its spirit is far less than that of Qu Xulong. The silver coins of Qing Dynasty must be oblong, which were cast by Tianjin Mint in the third year of Xuantong in Qing Dynasty (19 1 1). At that time, the Qing government wanted to unify the monetary system and hired overseas senior technicians to carefully design and manufacture this set of Xuantong three-year silver coins in six or seven formats, of which Chang Xulong was one. The new coins have just been successfully minted and coincided with the Wuchang Uprising, so most of the new silver coins are stillborn, leaving only a small amount of sample coins. Bearded dragon, named after the special beard of the dragon head on the back, belongs to the nature of specimens and is valued because of its exquisite pattern and rare existence.
2. short bearded dragon
When the auction house introduced the bearded dragon, it called it the best except the short Hu Zilong. Popular version. In fact, in terms of popularity, bearded dragon is undoubtedly the first. There are two indicators of popularity: beauty and rarity. It's not popular if it's too rare. However, in terms of rarity and market value, the short bearded dragon is undoubtedly unique among the three series of sample coins in Daqingxuan, and there is no one.
Although the short bearded dragon is precious, it is the roughest and ugliest of the four sample coins, which may be why it is scarce. In the debut record,/kloc-0 auctioned an old Geng adjutant in Shulman in June, 953; The third lot, 65438+March 0972, was sold by Geng Aide at 2 100, and 1978 was sold at Chicago auction at 13000; The domestic record is 65,438+065,438+088,000 RMB auctioned in Beijing in 2004.
3. Anti-dragon
The anti-dragon theory is named because Qu Xulong's national currency status has been established, and the two are in opposite directions in the dragon body. Anti-dragon is counterclockwise from the dragon head and the dragon body to the dragon tail, and the dragon tail is looming in the clouds. It is the only sample coin in the three series of Qing Xuan. In terms of version, it is also divided into yin leaf version and yang leaf version according to the different meridians on the left side of the flower branch.
Anti-dragon has certain advantages in aesthetics and rarity. In design, it is not inferior to Qu Xulong and Dawei Long, but also has a certain number to ensure the mass base. However, perhaps in contrast, the stock of anti-dragons is indeed larger than that of bearded dragons, which weakens its value, and the stock is actually not too large, with high and low, and ultimately it is neither high nor low.
4. Long-tailed Dragon
From the design point of view, the big-tailed dragon is Qu Xulong's sibling. The characters, patterns, dragon shapes and internal teeth on both sides are quite close, and the structure of the dragon body is the same. It's just that Qu Xulong is more delicate when dealing with details such as fonts, dragons, dragons' tails, clouds and dragons' balls. The name of the big-tailed dragon comes from 1 1. The tail of a big-tailed dragon is thicker than that of a curved dragon.
Although the big-tailed dragon is slightly better than the long-bearded dragon in social value, it is somewhat mysterious because it rarely appears in the world. Therefore, collectors have a poor understanding and cognition of the big-tailed dragon, and of course it is more difficult to collect the big-tailed dragon.
5. Qu Xulong
There are many Qu Xulong mentioned above, which is the national currency of Qing San Xuan. George designed and carved it himself. At present, Qu Xulong's font and design have not changed except for ordinary, small and signature. Therefore, it can be considered that the letters and dragon faces of Qu Xulong were designed and finalized by George himself, and his signature appeared on both sides of the signature version.
Compared with the other four sample coins, Qu Xulong may have less exaggeration and innovation, and more coordination and tradition. I believe this is the result of the dispute and compromise between Chinese and western sculptors, and it is also one of the reasons why it is finally presented through competition. In fact, Qu Xulong is not lacking in majesty and domineering, but is more delicate and exquisite in details, and it is reasonable to become a national currency.