光绪十三年(1887年)，两广总督张之洞受命委托使英大臣在英国订购全套造币机器，并在广东钱局首铸机制银元和铜元。其后，各省纷纷仿效，购制国外机械铸造银、铜元。

In the thirteenth year of Guangxu(1887), Zhang Zhidong, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was commissioned to order the British Minister to order a full set of mint machines in the United Kingdom, and to cast the silver and copper coins in the Guangdong Money Bureau. Afterwards, the provinces followed suit and purchased foreign machinery to cast silver and copper coins.

1894年，广东总督康义为给慈禧太后庆祝60大寿（阴历甲午年十月初十），特命令广东钱局制造三万枚“广东省造光绪元宝双龙寿字钱币作为赠礼。该钱币分两种版式，即库平重一两币和库平七钱二币，两种版式的钱币设计风格一样，但是在细节上有很多区别。库平重一两直径45毫米，重37g，正面以珠圈为界，可分为内外两个部分：珠圈以外，上端为“广东省造”四字，下方为“库平重一两”五字，左右两侧各铸一蝙蝠图案；珠圈以内，铸有满、汉文“光绪元宝”四字。背面也以珠圈为界：珠圈外面，铸有双龙图案；珠圈里面，铸有一圆形“寿”字。这种银币有一个很显著的特色，那就是在币面两侧各有一蝙蝠图案。当时把它的图像铸在银币之上，寓有吉祥的含义。因为，蝙蝠的“蝠”字与幸福的“福”字读音相同，而把蝙蝠图案铸在币面上，系取“蝠”、“福”两字谐音。库平七钱二（一种解释是当时户部推行"七钱二本位"，另一种解释为作为祝寿用币，含分则寓意不祥），直径39毫米，重26-27g，正面珠圈外上端镌"广东省造"四字，下方为"库平七钱二"五字，左右两侧各铸一蝙蝠图案，珠圈内铸满、汉文"光绪元宝"四字;背面珠圈外铸有双龙图案，里面铸有一圆形"寿"字。

In 1894, Guangdong Governor Kangyi celebrated the 60th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi(October 10th of the Lunar New Year) and ordered the Guangdong Money Bureau to manufacture 30,000 "Guangdong Province made Guangxu Yuanbao Shuanglong Shou coins as gifts. The coin is divided into two typography, namely, Kuping weighs one or two coins and Kuping seven money two coins. The two typographical coin design styles are the same, but there are many differences in detail. Kuping weighs 45 mm in diameter and weighs 37g. The front is bounded by a bead circle. It can be divided into two parts: outside the bead circle, the upper end is the "Guangdong Province Made" four-character character, and the bottom is the "Kuping one or two" five-character character., each side cast a bat pattern; Within the bead circle, there are four characters: Manchu and Chinese "Guangxu Yuanbao". The back is also bounded by a bead circle: outside the bead circle, a double dragon pattern is cast; Inside the bead circle, there is a circular "Shou" character. This kind of silver coin has a very prominent feature, that is, there is a bat pattern on each side of the coin. At that time, its image was cast on silver coins, which had auspicious meanings. Because the bat's "bat" character is the same as the happy "Fu" character, the bat pattern is cast on the coin surface and the two words "bat" and "Fu" are homonym. Kuping Qiqian II(one explanation is that at that time, the Ministry of Housing implemented the "Seven Money and Two Standard", and the other explanation was used as a birthday coin, which contained ominous meaning), 39 mm in diameter and weighing 26-27 g. The word "Guangdong Province" is on the upper end of the front bead circle. Below is the five characters "Kuping Qi Qian Er", the left and right sides each cast a bat pattern, the bead circle cast full, the Chinese "Guangxu Yuanbao" four characters; The back of the bead circle is cast with a double dragon pattern, and a circular "Shou" character is cast inside.

1894年(光绪二十年)7月25日 丰岛海战爆发，甲午战争开始，由于清朝准备不足，仓皇迎战，这场战争以中国战败，北洋水师全军覆没告终。战争失败搅乱了慈禧的庆寿计划， 9 月 25 日，慈禧闷闷不乐地在宁寿宫中下令取消庆生计划。

In 1894(the 20th year of Guangxu), the Battle of Toshima broke out on July 25th. The Sino-Japanese War began. Due to the lack of preparation of the Qing Dynasty, the war was defeated by China and the Beiyang Navy's entire army ended. The failure of the war disrupted Cixi's birthday plan. On September 25, Cixi ordered the cancellation of the birthday plan in the Ningshou Palace.

广东总督康义见讨好慈禧无望，遂命广东钱局将三万枚钱币几乎全部回炉融化，仅留下十余枚作为样品封存。

Guangdong Zongdukang saw no hope of pleasing Cixi. He ordered the Guangdong Money Bureau to melt almost all of the 30,000 coins back to the furnace, leaving only more than ten pieces as samples.

随着时代的变迁，”广东省造光绪元宝双龙寿字币“愈发显得量少弥贵，其中库平重一两，更因数量严重不足而晋升为银元“十大珍”之首。

With the changes of the times, "Guangdong Province made Guangxu Yuanbao Shuanglong Shou character currency" increasingly appears to be less expensive, of which Kuping weighs one or two, and because of the serious shortage of numbers, he was promoted to the top of the silver dollar "Ten Great Zhen".

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