Yuan Datou was one of the major currencies in circulation during the Republic of China. "Yuan Datou" is the common name of Yuan Shikai's series of coins, strictly speaking, it is called "Yuan Shikai's elephant carrying golden harvest silver coins". In order to rectify the monetary system and draw a silver coin, the Beiyang government promulgated Article 13 of the National Monetary Regulations in February of the third year of the Republic of China (19 14) and decided to implement the silver standard system. The National Monetary Regulations stipulates: "Cooper's pure silver price is 648 cents, hence the name Yuan", "one silver coin, with a total weight of 72 cents, 89 silver coins and one copper coin", and "there is no limit to the number of silver coins used", that is, one silver coin is the standard lending currency, and the legal compensation is unlimited. According to this regulation, in February of 19 14, 15, 19 15, a silver coin was successively minted by Mint General Factory and Jiangnan Mint, and the face of the coin was engraved with Yuan Shikai's head, commonly known as Yuan Tou Coin or Yuan Datou. The casting span ranges from 19 14 to 1929, and the total circulation exceeds 750 million pieces. The weight of this series of coins is 26.6g,13.3g, 5.3g and 2.6g respectively; The fineness is 89.65438 0%, 84.5%, 80.4% and 82.5% respectively. The outer ring of coins is mainly straight-toothed, and a small number of I-shaped edges and flower-toothed edges are cast. Because there are many versions in Yuan Datou, their rarity and value are very different.
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