“光绪元宝”是中国早的机制币，是中国近代机制币中的十大名誉品之一，俗称“龙洋”，因钱币背面一般铸有龙纹而得名。其具有重要的现实意义和历史意义，且加上清末、民国战乱连连等因素，一些较珍贵的光绪元宝银元品种存世量已稀少，收藏价值高。许多收藏家对它趋之若鹜，争相起价.北洋的银元发展历程映衬着中国晚清货币政策的进与退，每一次断档也刻录着一次历史的颠簸。
"Guangxu Yuanbao" is one of the earliest mechanism coins in China. It is one of the top ten famous mechanism coins in modern China. It is commonly known as "Longyang" and gets its name because there is a dragon pattern on the back of the coin. It has important practical significance and historical significance, and coupled with the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China war repeatedly and other factors, some of the more precious guangxu yuanbao silver yuan varieties have been scarce, high collection value. Many collectors are very keen on it, competing with each other to get their starting prices. The development course of Beiyang silver dollar reflects the advance and retreat of China's monetary policy in the late Qing Dynasty, and each interruption also records a historical bump.
光绪元宝是清朝光绪年间流通的货币之一。由湖北两广总督张之洞率先引进英国铸币机器铸造银元和铜元，之后各省纷纷仿效。共有十九个省局铸造，除中央户部，地方省所铸铜元，皆在其正面上缘镌写省名。
Guangxu Yuanbao was one of the currencies in circulation during the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei Province, Guangdong Province and Guangdong Province, took the lead in introducing the British coinage machine to cast silver and copper coins, and later the provinces followed suit. A total of 19 provincial bureaus cast, in addition to the central Ministry of Housing, local provinces cast copper dollars, are engraved on the front edge of the province name.
钱币收藏一般分为纸币、金银纪念币和古钱币三大类，而古钱币中银元一直是一大热点。因为银元材质珍贵，艺术价值高。北洋机器局初铸银元是在光绪十五年，面值仅“一元”一种，是天津官造的呈样银币，未流通，直至光绪二十二年，始铸流通银币。“大清光绪二十二年北洋机器局造”，面值有“一元”、“五角”、“两角”、“一角”、“半角”五种。是中国套以元为单位的计值银币。公元1903年7月，提出银币专由造币总厂制造，保留南洋（江南）、北洋、广东、湖北四局为分厂。银币材质珍贵，艺术价值高，由贵重金属或白银合金铸造，制作精美，图案考究，文字清秀，内容丰富，银光灿烂，其貌可人。
Coin collections are generally divided into three categories: paper money, gold and silver commemorative coins and ancient coins, among which silver dollars have always been a hot topic. Because the silver dollar material precious, high artistic value. Beiyang Machinery Bureau first cast silver dollars in the fifteenth year of Guangxu, face value is only "one yuan" a kind of, is the Tianjin official made like silver coins, not in circulation, until the twenty-second year of Guangxu, began to cast silver coins in circulation. "Made by Beiyang Machine Bureau in the twenty-second year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty", the face value has five kinds: "one yuan", "five points", "two points", "one point" and "half point". It is a Chinese set of silver coins in yuan. In July 1903, the silver coin was put forward by the Mint General Factory, and the Nanyang (Jiangnan), Beiyang, Guangdong and Hubei Bureau were retained as branches. The silver coins are made of precious metals or silver alloys with high artistic value and precious material. They are exquisitely made, have exquisite patterns, delicate characters, rich contents and brilliant silver light. They are beautiful in appearance.
此枚北洋造光绪元宝为34年版。银币正面中央珠圈内镌满汉文“光绪元宝”四字，珠圈外上端镌汉文“北洋造”，下端镌币值“库平七钱二分”，左右两端各镌一个圆点。银币背面中央镌蟠龙图，上环镌英文“光绪34年”，下镌英文“北洋”，左右两端稍下侧各镌一个圆点。此北洋造光绪元宝保存完好，包浆自然，做工精致，品相上乘。文字鼓凸，笔划纹饰滚圆深竣，楷书文字书法极为端庄大气，间架结构平衡舒展。蟠龙图案，眼神灵异炯炯有神，龙鳞排列细密有致且珍珠纹粒粒无虚无粘，龙爪张扬，遒劲有力。边齿标准，圈齿凸起，颗粒清晰，地章平整，光滑如板。
This Beiyang Guangxu Yuanbao is a 34 - year edition. The four words "Guangxu Yuanbao" in Chinese are engraved in the central bead circle on the front of the silver coin. The upper end of the bead circle is engraved in Chinese "Beiyang Made", and the lower end is engraved with the value of "Kuping seven cents", with a dot at both left and right ends. In the center of the back of the silver coin, the upper ring is engraved in English "Guangxu 34 years", the lower ring is engraved in English "Beiyang", and a dot is engraved on the lower side of the left and right ends slightly. This Beiyang made light xu ingot well preserved, natural wrap pulp, exquisite workmanship, quality. The words are convex, the strokes are round and deep, the regular script calligraphy is very dignified, the structure of the frame is balanced and stretched. Flat dragon pattern, the eyes are bright and vivid, the dragon scales are arranged finely and the pearl grain is not nihilistic and sticky, the dragon claws are made public, and the spirit is strong. Edge tooth standard, ring tooth raised, clear grain, chapter level off, smooth as a board.
藏品的品相精美，其审美个性独持，钱币正面鲜然可见满汉文化的交融，而钱背却清晰标明了西方文化的介入。其包浆入骨，熟旧天然，深打字口明白，流转痕迹显着，边齿过关，龙鳞清晰，具有极高的出资价值和保藏价值。它有着前史熏陶，是价值很高的革新文物，具有深远的前史留念含义；同时仍是考古和研讨我国前史文化可贵的什物.光绪元宝是清代光绪年间特有的一种钱银。有着清朝钱银特征，因为其时时局不稳定，因而几乎在全国的各个省都有专门的钱银锻造厂。因而我们会发现那个时代的钱银上都有明显的铸字，标明是哪个省的造币厂锻造的。
The appearance of the collection is exquisite and its aesthetic personality is unique. The front side of the coins rarely shows the integration of Chinese and Manchu cultures, while the back of the coins clearly indicates the intervention of Western culture. Its wrap pulp into the bone, ripe old natural, deep typing mouth understand, circulation traces are significant, edge teeth clearance, dragon scales clear, has a very high investment value and preservation value. It is an innovative cultural relic of high value, which is influenced by the history of the past and has profound meaning of memorializing the history of the past. At the same time is still archaeology and research before the history of China's cultural valuable things. Guangxu Yuanbao is a special kind of silver in the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty. It has the characteristics of Qian and Yin in the Qing Dynasty. Because the situation was unstable at that time, there were special Qian and Yin forges in almost every province of the country. We shall find, therefore, on coinage of that period marked by the province's mint.