Republic of China Yuan Shikai Commemorative Silver Dollar silver 1914 1 Yuan – Replica

China Republic Yuan Shi Kai Commemoration Coin Dollar silver coin 1914
reproduction Made of SilverDesigned to closely follow the original dimensions and detailsWeight: 26.6~27 grams as originalSilver content: 90% (1:1 ratio of the genuine product)
Info about the original Coin: 1 Yuan Pattern; proposed "Fat Man dollar"; with L.GiorgiObverseBust of Yuan Shikai partially facing left with Chinese ideograms above. Lettering:年三國民華中L.GIORGI Translation: Year 3 of the Republic of China Engraver: Luigi GiorgiReverseTwo Chinese ideograms within wreath. Lettering:壹圓 Translation: 1 Yuan CommentsThis was the proposed pattern for the well-known "Fat Man dollar" type, and was struck at the Tientsin Mint.
Yuan Shikai (1859–1916) was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty, and tried to save the dynasty with bureaucratic and fiscal reforms. He built a modern army and a more efficient provincial government in North China in the years leading up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor in 1911.This army and bureaucratic control were the foundation of his autocratic rule as the first formal President of the Republic of China. He was frustrated in a short-lived attempt to restore monarchy in China, with himself as the Hongxian Emperor.This coin was produced to replace foreign and Provincial dragon dollars in circulation and could be found with two flan thicknesses, 2.8 mm and 3.25 mm. The thin variety was the issue struck for circulation in 1914. Engraver: Luigi Giorgi