At present, there are many articles in various media commenting on coin collection and investment, but almost all of them discuss all kinds of modern coins issued after the founding of New China, especially the circulating commemorative coins issued in recent years. However, there are few articles introducing the investment in modern silver coins in China. For a long time, although modern silver coins have not been artificially hyped, their prices have been steadily rising, showing a good function of maintaining and increasing value, and their potential investment value cannot be underestimated. The following are ten treasures of modern silver coins (in order of casting year), hoping to help collectors.
1. One or two silver coins in Shanghai: the fineness and weight need to be tested. It was cast in Tongzhi for 6 years (AD 1867). It is a trial cast product customized by Shanghai Ministry of Industry from Hong Kong Mint. At present, it is very rare in the world, and the reference price is10 ~130,000 yuan.
2. The seven-money and two-cent reverse edition of Guangxu Yuanbao made in Guangdong Province: it was cast in Guangxu 15 (A.D. 1889). Because of its "ostensibly foreign language, the system is not integrated", it was criticized by the ministers of the Qing court and could not be distributed. There are less than 10 pieces, and the reference price is18 ~ 200,000.
3. Guangxu Yuanbao was made in Hubei: it was cast in the 20th year of Guangxu (AD 1894), and the Hubei Silver Dollar Bureau was rebuilt in the former Sanfoge Street Police Department in Wuhan, imitating the Guangdong Silver Dollar, meaning it was used in Hubei Province. At present, the survival amount is very small, and the reference valuation is 800 ~ 65438+10,000 yuan.
4. Guangxu gold ingot made in Hunan Province, worth 72 cents: it was cast in the 24th year of Guangxu (A.D. 1898), and was commissioned by Sidon Mint in Birmingham, England by Hunan Province. At present, there are less than 10 pieces, and the reference estimate is 200,000-250,000 yuan.
5. The official bureau of Fujian Province made the Guangxu ingot in seven parts and two parts: it was cast in the 24th year of Guangxu (AD 1898), and the Fujian Machinery Bureau set up the Silver Dollar Bureau to try to cast some sample coins. At present, there are only more than ten pieces, and the reference price is16 ~ 200,000 yuan.
6. Guangxu gold ingot made in Shaanxi Province is divided into seven parts and two parts: it was cast in the 25th year of Guangxu (A.D. 1899) and entrusted to the Seton Mint in Birmingham, England, with a reference price of160,000 ~ 200,000 yuan.
7. Zhejiang Guangxu gold ingot with seven cents and two horns (regular script, six-pointed star): it was cast in the 28th year of Guangxu (A.D. 1902), and the samples were cast by the British Birmingham Mint, but it was not officially cast and issued. The reference price is16 ~ 200,000 yuan.
8. Fengtian Guimao Guangxu Yuanbao 12: It was cast in the 29th year of Guangxu (AD 1903) and is an orphan. It is now in the Hongxi Art Museum in Taiwan Province Province, and it fell at the auction in California in June, with the reference price of 150~200.
9. Geng Xuchun made Xuan Tong gold ingot in Yunnan: it was cast in Xuan Tong in the 2nd year (AD 19 10), and the Yunnan Mint tried to cast this silver coin. It is said that there are only a few pieces left in the world, and the reference estimate is 200,000-250,000 yuan.
10, gold standard half-dollar silver coin: cast on 2 1 (A.D. 193 1). According to legend, there are only a few coins left in the world At the fifth coin auction in Shanghai in the spring of 1999 held in April199, this coin was bought by a collector in Zhejiang at a high price of 308,000 yuan, with a reference valuation of 280,000 to 320,000 yuan.