大清铜币，学名清代机制铜圆。大清铜币版式繁多，尤以当十者为最。大清铜币铸造始于1900年（清光绪二十六年），止于1911年（宣统三年）。铸造流通时间尽管只有十余年，但其鼎盛时期全国共有十七省二十局开机铸造铜圆。十七二十局先后铸造的当十铜圆，各不相同，版式繁多。
Qing Dynasty copper COINS, the scientific name of the Qing dynasty mechanism round copper. The qing copper coin format is various, especially when the ten is the most. The casting of copper COINS in the Qing Dynasty began in 1900 (the 26th year of the Reign of Emperor Guangxu) and ended in 1911 (the third year of the Reign of Emperor Xuantong). Although the casting circulation time is only more than ten years, but its heyday, there are 17 provinces and 20 bureaustarting casting copper round. Seventeen twenty bureau has been cast as ten copper round, each different, a variety of format.
1905年（光绪三十一年）10月，清政府在天津设立的户部造币总厂开始铸造新式铜元“大清铜币”，并颁布《整顿圜法章程十条》；1906年（光绪三十二年）7月，清政府处户部又奏请朝廷，拟将当时全国24处铜元局，酌量归并为九处，分别为山东归并臣部所设总厂为一厂，湖南归并湖北为一厂，江西、安徽、江苏、清江并归江宁一厂，浙江归并福建为一厂， 广西归并广东为一厂，合奉天、河南、四川、云南四厂，共九处。在归并铜元局得以顺利实施的同时，又限定各省每日铸造铜元数额，以避免重蹈滥造的覆辙。此后，清政府将户部改称“度支部”，命各省造币厂改称度支部造币分厂，欲统而治之，巩固中央造币集权。
In October 1905 (the 31st year of the Reign of Emperor Guangxu), the general coinage factory of the Ministry of Household Affairs set up by the Qing government in Tianjin began to coin new copper COINS called "Qing Copper COINS", and promulgated the "Ten Articles of Association for rectifying the Won Law". In July 1906 (guangxu thirty-two years), the qing government in fact play again please the court, will 24 copper coin bureau, in the country, whether incorporated into nine, respectively for shandong merge minister of general factory is a factory, hunan merge as a factory, hubei, jiangxi, anhui, jiangsu, qingjiang and jiangning factory, zhejiang merge fujian as a factory, guangxi merge guangdong as a factory, four factory in Mukden, henan, sichuan, yunnan, a total of nine. While the amalgamation went smoothly, it also limited the amount of copper COINS that could be minted in each province each day to avoid a repeat of the excesses of the past. Since then, the Qing government will be the ministry of accounts renamed "degree branch", ordered the provinces of the mint branch renamed degree coin branch, to unify and rule, consolidate the central mint centralism.
本藏品为己酉年度支部大清铜币当制钱十文川字版，重7.0克。铜币正面中央印有“大清铜币”汉字，内部嵌印“川”一小字，外部环珠圈，铜币上端印有“大清铜币”满文，满文两侧印有“己酉”汉字代表铸造年份，右边缘中间印有“度支”汉字，下端印有“当制钱十文”汉字，皆有部分磨损；铜币背面中央印着蟠龙图案，但已不清晰，外部环珠圈，隐约可见印有英文字。
This collection is a version of qing Copper COINS in the year of Ji You, weighing 7.0 grams. Coppers positive central bearing "qing coppers" characters, embedded within the fine print "sichuan", the external ring bead ring, copper top emblazoned with "qing coppers" manchu, printed on both sides of the manchu "has unitary" Chinese characters on behalf of the year, to the right edge of the middle bearing "degrees" of Chinese characters, the bottom with Chinese characters "when ZhiQian ten literature", there is some wear; The back of the copper coin is printed with a dragon design in the center, but it is not clear, the outside ring beads, vaguely printed with English words.
多位清帝在位时发行过大清铜币来作为流通货币，大清铜币的使用具有重要的现实意义和历史意义，使交易逐渐便利起来。而如今，大清铜币也具有一定的收藏价值，许多收藏家对大清铜币爱不释手，而收集多种多样的铜币已经成为了他们的目标。而己酉年度支部大清铜币当制钱十文川字版，在大清铜币中属于价值比较高的品种，其稀少程度和收藏价值相对其他版别的大清铜币更是无法估量。
During the reign of many Emperors of the Qing Dynasty, copper COINS of the Qing Dynasty were issued as currency. The use of copper COINS of the Qing Dynasty was of great practical and historical significance, which gradually facilitated transactions. Nowadays, the Copper COINS of the Qing Dynasty also have a certain collection value. Many collectors are fond of the copper COINS of the Qing Dynasty, and collecting a variety of copper COINS has become their target. However, the qing dynasty copper COINS in the youyou year are of high value among the COINS, and their rarity and collection value are immeasurable compared with other types of Qing copper COINS.