中国货币铸造流通的历史虽久，但历来只有货币制度而无货币本位制度。近代中国在西方货币制度的影响下，开始考虑建立银本位制度。但在以“两”还是以“元”为货币单位问题上争论不休。宣统二年(1910)四月，度支部奏定《币制则例》，确定国币单位名称为“元”，以银为本位，一元为主币，重库平七钱二分。另以五角、二角五分、一角三种银币，五分镍币及二分、一分、五厘、一厘四种铜币为辅币。从此，我国货币进入以“元”为主币的时代。但近代广东不同于全国，以辅币“银毫(毫银)”为主币，并且沿用了半个世纪，很是奇特。Although China's currency has a long history of coining and circulating, there has always been only a monetary system and no monetary standard system. Under the influence of western monetary system, modern China began to consider establishing a silver standard system. However, there are endless arguments over whether to use "two" or "yuan" as the monetary unit. In April of the second year of Xuantong reign (1910), the Du branch issued the "Currency Rules" and decided that the name of the national currency unit was "Yuan", with silver as the standard, one dollar as the main currency, and seven cents as the second. In addition, five cents, twenty-five cents and ten cents, five cents and two cents, one cent, five cents and one cent four kinds of copper coins are used as auxiliary coins. Since then, China's currency has entered an era in which "yuan" is the main currency. However, modern Guangdong is different from the whole country in that the minor coin "silver milli" (milli silver) "is the main coin and has been used for half a century, which is very strange.

此枚钱币为广东省造贰毫银币，图文深邃，纹饰精美，十分美观。钱币正反面皆以珠圈将币面分为两部分，珠圈内铸刻楷书“贰毫银币”字样，字体端庄工整，正中央有凸起圆点。珠圈外上端铸刻“中华民国八年”字样，左右分列四瓣花星，雅致活泼，下端铸“广东省造”四字，字迹清晰，挺拔秀美。背面珠圈内铸“20”，并绕以英文字“KWANG-TUNG PROVINCE TWENTY CENTS”，左右分列四瓣花星。藏品铸造精美，表面包浆自然，品相保存较好，历史留下的痕迹清晰可见，此种小面额银币存世量稀少。即便是对银元没有研究的外行也是爱不释手，值得收藏。This coin is a 20 cents silver coin made in Guangdong Province. It has profound pictures and beautiful decorations. Both the front and back of the coin are divided into two parts by bead rings. The regular script "20 cents silver coin" is engraved in the bead rings. The characters are dignified and neat with a raised dot in the center. The upper end outside the bead ring is engraved with the words "Eight Years of the Republic of China", with four petals on the left and right. It is elegant and lively. The lower end is engraved with the words "Made in Guangdong Province". The handwriting is clear and straight and beautiful. The "20" is cast in the bead ring on the back, and the English word "kwang-tung provision twenty centers" is used around the bead ring, and the left and right sides of the bead ring are divided into four petals. The collection is exquisitely cast, its surface is covered with natural paste, and its appearance is well preserved. The traces left by history are clearly visible. Such small denomination silver coins are rare in the world. Even the layman who has not studied silver is fond of it and is worth collecting.

民国银元是近代中国钱币中的精品，具有深远的历史纪念意义。自民国元年始，广东造币厂所铸毫币，设计简洁，商民称便，声誉颇佳，逐渐流布全国，而长江以南各省商场贸易更是以其为唯一辅币，并且沿用了半个世纪，在金融界具有举足轻重的地位。银毫，是作为找零用的，品种多、数量大，往往一种主币就有几种。此枚小小的钱币代表了民国一定时期内的货币文化，反映了近代历史、经济、金融的历史兴衰和沧桑，具有很高的艺术观赏价值和文物价值，也具有一定的保值和升值功能。The silver dollar of the Republic of China is one of the finest coins in modern China and has profound historical significance. Since the beginning of the first year of the Republic of China, the milli-coins coined by Guangdong Mint have a simple design, are popular with merchants and have a good reputation. They have gradually spread all over the country, and the shopping malls in the provinces south of the Yangtze River use them as the only auxiliary coins. They have been used for half a century and have played an important role in the financial sector. Silver cents are used as petty cash. They are of many varieties and in large quantities. There are usually several kinds of main coins. This small coin represents the currency culture in a certain period of the Republic of China and reflects the rise and fall of modern history, economy and finance. It has high artistic value and cultural relic value, as well as certain value preservation and appreciation functions.