The obverse pattern of the "Yuan Datou" silver coin shows the left side profile of Yuan Shikai in military uniform in the middle. The pattern on the reverse side is both of two crossed rice ears, with "One Yuan" and "Zhongyuan" (五角) in the center. ), "Two Jiao" and "Yi Jiao"; the front is engraved with Yuan Shikai's side profile and the year of issue, and the back is cast with the Jiahe pattern and currency value. The fineness of Yuan Datou's official version is 89. The outer ring of the coin is mainly straight-toothed. In addition, there are also a small number of I-shaped edges and flowery-toothed edges. Among the coins, one-yuan coins in the 3rd, 9th and 10th years of the Republic of China are more common, while those in the 8th year of the Republic of China are less common.

However, there are many versions of "Yuan Datou" in the three years of the Republic of China, including O version, triangular round version, signed version, coarse hair version, Gansu version, etc., especially Yuan Shikai's "signed version" is especially collected Beloved. There are two categories of "signature editions": one is the English signature edition of the Italian plate maker that was trial-cast by the Tianjin Mint in the third year of the Republic of China; the other is the signature edition of Yuan Shikai's left side profile on the back of the neck. (Capital English L·GIORGI).

1. 1. "O" version. The current market value is around 800,000 to 1 million

That is, there is an "O" shaped mark in the Jiahe pattern, a horizontal "8" shape at the Jiahe knot belt, and a very small hole in the upper left "O" shaped circle, and the collar of Yuan's chin is not closed, the epaulettes are wider, and the five stars are more protruding.

2. Coarse hair version. The current market value is around 1.2 to 1.6 million

3. Triangular round version. The current market value is around 1.8 million to 2.3 million.

The word "口" in the round characters on the back of this coin forms a "△" shape, while other versions have an "opening" shape.

4. Open shell version. The current market value is around 1.2 million to 1.6 million.

The last horizontal line of the word "贝" in the character "Yuan" of this coin is not connected with the vertical pen, forming an "open shell". The epaulette stripes of this version of Yuan's portrait are obvious, and there is a straight line from top to bottom in Yuan's eyes, commonly known as "open eyes". This feature is also not seen in other versions.

5. Add the word "Gansu". The current market value is about 2.6 million to 3 million.

This coin is made by the Lanzhou Mint in Gansu Province, which uses the old model of the third year of the Republic of China, and adds "Gansu" on the back (triangular circle) of Yuan Datou in the third year of the Republic of China around the image of Yuan. Two characters, the rest are the same as the open shell version, and the mintage is only tens of thousands.

6. Signed version. The current market value is around 4 million.

This coin is very rare. The Tianjin Mint tried to cast a sample coin, but it has not been circulated. The coin has a vertical English letter "L.GioRGi" engraved on the right side of Yuan's portrait, which is the signature abbreviation of the Italian engraver "Rorge Giorgi", a foreign coinage expert in China.

7. "T" side, Yingyang side. The current market value is more than 3.2 million.

Both coins are rare and are trial coins produced by the Tianjin Mint. The front and back patterns are the same as those of the general "Yuan Datou" in circulation. They only differ in the edge teeth, which are "T" shaped edges or Yingyang coin-shaped edges.

8. The current market value of Ti Dianhua and Zuo Goumang is more than 1.2 million