According to the personal library website, Yuan Datou was one of the major currencies in circulation during the Republic of China. Yuan Datou's signature version is the English signature version of the Italian plate maker, and the other is the signature version of Yuan Shikai's left portrait behind his neck.

The front design of the "Yuan Datou" silver coin, with Yuan Shikai's left side portrait in the middle, is "Three Years of the Republic of China" on the top of the three-year edition of the Republic of China, and "Made in X years of the Republic of China" on the eighth, ninth and tenth editions of the Republic of China.