Is Sichuan rupee collectible?

The Sichuan rupee is the first emperor statue in the history of China and the only silver coin widely used in China. It is the product of Sino-British currency war. The Sichuan rupee was forged in imitation of Indian Rupee, in order to expel the Indian Rupee forged by the British East India Company. The front is the profile of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, and the back is the four characters of "Made in Sichuan" surrounded by patterns. There are horizontal or vertical flowers in the middle, similar to Indian Rupee, with the same weight and size as Indian Rupee. For more than half a century from the 28th year of Guangxu (1902) to the end of 1957, a large number of Sichuan rupees circulated in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan and its Tibetan inhabited areas near Tibet.

The face value of Sichuan rupee can be divided into three types: one rupee (twice the weight of San Qian), one-half rupee (sixth of the weight) and one-quarter rupee (eighth of the weight). Sichuan rupee was cast in Chengdu from the 28th year of Guangxu to the 5th year of the Republic of China (19 16), and in Kangding from the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930) to the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942). We divide the casting of Sichuan rupee into four periods and four categories.

1。 The first period is from the 28th year of Guangxu to the 3rd year of Xuantong (19 1 1).

2。 The second period is from the first year of the Republic of China (19 12) to the fifth year of the Republic of China;

3。 The third period is from 19 to 24 years of the Republic of China (1935).

4。 The fourth period is from the 25th year of the Republic of China (1936) to the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942).

The silver content of Sichuan rupee varies greatly, as high as 90%; The lowest is only 10%. Therefore, friends of Quanyou group about 90% silver. Seven or eight components are divided into two categories; 50% to 60% are divided into three categories; Less than 50% of them are classified into four categories because of their copper color.

The categories of Sichuan rupee are roughly as follows:

A kind of rupee: the Guangxu image on the front is divided into collared and collarless, with two points in the middle of the "four" on the back, three leaves or no leaves on the upper right of the "four", and a vertical or horizontal flower in the middle. Among them, there are few versions of collarless vertical flowers, but there is a rarer version of the genus similar to butterfly mosaic on the upper right of collared horizontal flowers and collared vertical flowers. The casting capacity of various versions is about 6.5438+million pieces.

Second-class rupee: the Guangxu image on the front is slightly fat, and there are two points in the middle of the "four" on the back, and the pattern is slightly thicker than the first class. The right end of the "four" has leaves or no leaves, and there are vertical flowers in the middle. The casting capacity of the second-class Sichuan rupee is about 9.8 million pieces.

Three kinds of rubies: the Guangxu statue on the front has been deformed, with a collar, a hunchback or a square head, and the "four" on the back has a figure of eight in the middle, with a rough pattern and a vertical flower in the center, with a casting capacity of about 4.3 million pieces.

There are four kinds of rubies: red Tibetan species, with a collar on the front and a rough head, commonly known as "red face hiding the ocean", and a figure of eight in the middle of the "four" on the back with a rough pattern.

The total casting quantity of Sichuan rupee is about 25.5-27.5 million pieces; One-half rupee is about 6,543,803 yuan; A quarter is about1.2000 pieces. One-half and one-quarter rupees are only cast in Chengdu.

There is another kind of Indian Tibetan Ocean, which is the result of Li You Lamaism (Changqing Keer Temple) printed on the Red Tibetan Ocean and forced to appreciate and circulate one or two rupees, of which the positive Guangxu seal is less.

After the founding of New China, Kangding was liberated on March 24th. 1950. On April 1958 and 1 day, the People's Committee of Ganzi Prefecture issued a notice prohibiting the circulation of gold and silver in the whole state. Because of natural loss and melting, and Tibetans are used to making jewelry with silver, there were only about 2 million Sichuan rupees in circulation at that time. From July 1958 to February 30 1958, the People's Bank of China exchanged Sichuan rupees, only the first and second phases of Sichuan rupees with high silver content, totaling about 1 10,000 pieces. According to Mr. Zhang Ce Gang, former chief economist of Deyang Branch of China People's Bank and president of Coin Society, he collected hundreds of thousands of Sichuan rupees when he worked in Ganzi People's Bank in 1960s and 1980s. To sum up, the surviving Sichuan rupee is very rare.

In short, the Sichuan rupee is highly collectible. Imagine, if no one collects Sichuan rupees and no one likes them, how can Bao Bo online auction buy a large number of Sichuan rupees with Indian Rupee?