The "Zhan Ren" silver dollar is one of the foreign currencies minted by Britain in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China and widely circulated in China. "Zhan Ren" silver dollar began to circulate in Guangdong and Guangxi after entering China. Because of its exquisite production and high silver content, it is deeply loved by businessmen. The British government saw that the "Standing Man" silver dollar was profitable in China, so it made a large number of castings and imported a large number. Soon, the "Standing Man" silver dollar was used in most parts of China, especially in Beijing and Tianjin. In the foreign currency circulating in China at that time, "strongman" silver dollar accounted for a considerable proportion, which made China's silver continuously flow into Britain, seriously damaging China's economic and trade interests. As a historical carrier, the "strongman" silver dollar recorded the humiliating history of China people's political oppression and economic exploitation after the Opium War. Studying the foreign currency circulating in China is of great significance for us to understand the crime of foreign powers plundering China's wealth by using the silver dollar trade, enhance patriotism and contribute to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
1866, Britain minted and issued a set of Hong Kong silver coins to expel Yingyang. On the front of a dollar, there is a statue of Queen Victoria, with the English word "VICTORIAQUEEN", and on the back of Shou Ziwen, there is an English word "Hong Kong Dollar One Dollar Hong Kong", dated the following year. Because the fineness of Hong Kong silver dollar is lower than that of Eagle Ocean, it needs to be used at a discount, so it is difficult to promote it on a large scale. 1868, the Hong Kong Mint closed down and the equipment was resold in Japan. Hong Kong silver coins have only been minted for 2 million yuan. Money has become a "fragrant ocean".
In the first year of the Republic of China, 19 12, the British-made trade silver dollar, commonly known as "standing on the ocean", was an American product. 1895, the British government used the Indian mint in Mumbai and Kolkata to cast a new trade silver dollar, commonly known as "standing in the ocean". In the center of the front of the silver dollar is a warrior with a halberd and a shield. There is the English currency "one yuan" around the samurai at the top, and the date at the bottom. The center of the back is Shou Ziwen, with Chinese "one circle" from top to bottom and Malay "one circle" from left to right. Zhanyang is a British trade silver coin issued in India. Strictly speaking, it belongs to the British local currency system. The standard title should be "Yingmao Yinyuan", which weighs 26.95g and has a color of 900, but it is commonly known as "Zhanyang" in China. For collectors with considerable financial resources and professional interests.
According to the statistics of historical records and existing entity versions, it is now known that:
(1) No secret edition for five years, namely 1895, 1897, 1900, 1925,1930;
(2) Judging from the existing layout of 1902 Zhanyang, all known versions are recorded in secret; Steganography is divided into Yin B and Yin C, and the casting quantity is 30404499 blocks (B) and 12666 18 blocks (C) respectively. (3) Zhanyang 1902 has no secret edition. The number is scarce.
The number of different versions of Zhanyang is extremely uneven, and some rare year numbers and rare inscriptions are veritable treasures, such as 1935, 192 1, 1934 and so on. , and 1904, 19 13. In the steganographic version, according to the different year numbers, the "B" version and the wordless version are more common. Of course, the difference of year number can't be summarized in one sentence. Generally speaking, the "C" version is a scarce product, and other steganographic versions are even more invisible.
The most common version is the "B" version, mainly because there is a "B" on the fork tip of the spear and halberd, so it can be observed by the naked eye. It is better to borrow a magnifying glass. The "b" version is very common. In the 23 years since the coin was issued, except for 1925, there is no hidden version of the figures in other years. It is reported that there are also inscriptions such as "2B", "6B" and "0B"; If there is another "C" version, it is recorded in the lower triangle at the junction of the front shield and the trousers skirt, and the waves under the boat are also different from others.
There is no steganography, that is, there is no steganography on both sides of Zhanyang. Of course, we can't judge whether there is no steganography simply by the fact that there is no "b" on the spear fork. It is only five years since the real casting and issuing of Zhan Ren silver coins without steganography, namely 1895, 1897, 1900 and 1900.