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Yuan Shikai dollars are relatively inexpensive in comparison to other Chinese silver coins due to their very large mintage, leading them to be popular with coin collectors. [34] The coins are nicknamed "fatman dollars" by collectors, from a mistranslation of their Chinese nickname, "big head dollars" ( 袁大头 ; Yuán dàtóu ). [ 35 ]
The Yuan Shikai dollar (yuan in Chinese), issued for the first time in 1914, became a dominant coin type of the Republic of China. A banknote from the early Republic of China depicting the face of President Yuan Shikai. Tensions between the KMT and Yuan continued to intensify.
This forced mints in the nationalist-aligned southern and western provinces to return to the production of silver coinage. The Canton Mint produced an eclectic mix of Memento, Junk, and Yuan Shikai dollar restrikes for several months in 1949; this concurrent production led to mules of all three coins during this period. [10]
The Yuan Shikai "dollar" (yuan in Chinese), issued for the first time in 1914, became a dominant coin type of the Republic of China. The 1912–1913 National Assembly elections gave over half the seats and control of both houses to Sun's Nationalist Party (KMT). The second-largest party, the Progressives led by Liang Qichao, generally favored Yuan.
A silver dollar depicting Yuan Shikai. In an October 27, 2011, news report, the Suqian Evening News (宿迁晚报) noted that a silver coin bearing the image of Yuan Shikai had been discovered by Chinese archeologists inside of a coffin in Suqian, Jiangsu.
Yuan dynasty coinage; Yuan Shikai coinage; Z. Zhaona Xinbao; Zhiqian; Media in category "Coins of China" The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. C.
Displacing the Dragon dollar designs were coins featuring the busts of influential political and military leaders. Coins featuring depictions of Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shikai were common in the early years of the Republic. Other figures were featured on various copper, silver, and gold coins, often intended as commemorative pieces, rather than ...
Overall: References were spot-checked for verification; no issues arose. I would suggest changing "emperor" to "president" though, because Yuan Shikai's tenure as the first president of the Republic is more notable than his brief stint as a pretender to the throne, hence his common description by historians and in his article as the "first Chinese president".