银元起源于15世纪，始铸于欧洲，俗称“洋钱”“花边钱”或“大洋”，是银铸币的通称。银元是舶来品，它初入中国，大约是在明朝，但大量流入，则在清乾隆年间以后。市面上有像三帆银币、竹子银币、甘肃造袁大头等一些发行较少的银元。其中流传最广、影响最大、存世最多的银币品种可数袁世凯头像银币，俗称“袁大头银元”。
Silver originated in the 15th century, began to cast in Europe, commonly known as "foreign money", "lace money" or "ocean", is the general name of silver coin. Silver is an imported commodity. It first entered China, probably in the Ming Dynasty, but entered in large quantities after the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. There are silver COINS on the market, such as three sails silver, bamboo silver, and gansu Yuan Dazhang silver. Among them, the most widely spread, the most influential and the most surviving breed of silver coin is yuan Shikai's head silver coin, commonly known as "Yuan's big head silver dollar".
“袁大头”，是对铸造于民国初年镌有袁世凯侧面头像壹圆银币的一种俗称。因其首铸于民国三年，又有称“民三”者，此类别称由来已久。作为民国军阀银币的领头羊，“大头”系列对钱币收藏爱好者来说，并不陌生。“袁大头”银元的诞生，也是银元发展的必然结果。在辛亥革命后，袁世凯为了解决军费和提高个人政治地位而发行的银元货币，因这些银元铸有他的侧身图像而得名。
"Yuan Big head" is a common name for the engraving of yuan Shikai's profile head in the early Years of the Republic of China. Because its first cast in the republic of China three years, also called "min SAN", such nickname has a long history. As the bellwether of the silver COINS of the Republic warlord, "Big Head" series is not strange to coin collectors. The birth of the "Yuan Big head" silver dollar is also the inevitable result of the development of silver dollar. After the Revolution of 1911, Yuan shikai issued silver COINS in order to solve the military expenditure and improve his personal political status. These silver COINS were named after the image of his side.
此枚“中华民国三年袁大头”银币，钱币正面袁世凯侧身像，上刻有“中华民国三年”，背面图案是两株交叉的稻穗，中央为“壹圆”字样。由于它是实物货币，介于人们对贵金属的认可，以及对历史文化强烈的认同感，因此收藏的人不在少数。“袁大头”的变现能力比较强，这也是藏家看好的因素之一！
This silver coin, titled "Yuan's head in the third Year of the People's Republic of China", features a side-looking image of Yuan Shikai on the obverse side. On the reverse side, two crossed ears of rice are engraved with the words "One Yuan" in the center. Because it is physical money, between people's recognition of precious metals and a strong sense of historical and cultural identity, so the collection of people is not a minority. "Yuan Big head" realization ability is relatively strong, this also is one of the factors that collectors value!
“袁大头”代表了中国近代的货币文化，反映了我国近代历史、经济、金融的兴衰和沧桑，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。目前民间留存的“袁大头”数量已经不算太多，而且银属于贵金属，收藏风险较小，非常适合投资和收藏。
"Yuan Tou" represents the currency culture of modern China, reflects the rise and fall and vicissitudes of China's modern history, economy and finance, and has high artistic appreciation value and cultural relic value, as well as the function of maintaining and appreciating value to some extent. At present, the amount of "Yuan Tou" retained by the people is not too much, and silver is a precious metal, which is very suitable for investment and collection.
“袁大头”银元因其很高的艺术观赏价值和文物价值，具有一定的保值和升值功能。尤其是近年来随着收藏投资热的不断升温，“袁大头”日渐走俏，价格一路上扬，因此绝大多数业内人士认为“袁大头”是银元收藏中的一匹“黑马”，具有较高的升值潜力！
Because of its high artistic value and cultural relic value, "Yuan Tou" silver has certain functions of maintaining and appreciating value. Especially in recent years as the collection of investment heat is heating up, "Yuan Big head" increasingly popular, the price rises all the way, so the vast majority of people in the industry think "Yuan Big head" is a silver collection of a "dark horse", with higher appreciation potential!
据古钱币市场行情表现，2017年袁大头银元价格有再次升温趋势，据业内人士分析，同去年相比，目前“袁大头”价格已经翻番。银价上涨推动了银币的价格，而老银币本身还有收藏价值。再有，随着生活水平的提高，很多人们将目光投向了收藏市场。
According to the performance of the ancient coin market, the silver price of Yuan Tou is likely to rise again in 2017. According to the analysis of industry insiders, the price of Yuan Tou has doubled compared with that of last year. The rise in silver prices has pushed up the price of silver COINS, which are still collectable. Moreover, with the improvement of living standards, many people turn their attention to the collection market.