光绪元宝（试铸币）  

光绪三十一年（1905），云贵总督锡良奏请设立云南银元局，选址昆明宝云局旧址，向德国舒勒机器厂订购造币设备，委托德方雕刻币模。光绪三十三年（1907）云南银元局竣工投产，后更名度支部云南造币分厂。

重量：12.3g 直径：32.1mm 厚度：1.7mm

造币厂先用铜材，黄铜等试打试样币（俗称铜样），这批试铸币不进入市面流通，铸造数量极少，大部分铸后销毁，遗存十分珍罕。珠圈内汉文光绪元宝，中心搭配满文；珠圈上方楷书云南省造，下方标注币值；左右两侧饰四瓣花星。这龙纹被一圈珠圈完整包围，龙身蜷缩，如同被珠子围困，故名困龙；泉界亦正本源叫法：团龙。主流面额：库平七钱二分、库平三钱六分，这枚库平三钱六分非常罕见稀缺。

Weight: 12.3g  Diameter: 32.1 mm  Thickness: 1.7 mm

English Translation

In the 31st year of the Guangxu reign (1905), Xiliang, Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou, submitted a memorial petitioning the imperial court to establish the Yunnan Silver Mint. The mint was sited at the former premises of the Baoyun Bureau in Kunming. Machinery for coin production was ordered from Schuler AG of Germany, and German craftsmen were commissioned to engrave coin dies. Construction of the Yunnan Silver Mint was completed and production commenced in the 33rd year of the Guangxu reign (1907); the institution was later renamed the Yunnan Branch Mint under the Board of Revenue.

The mint first produced trial strikes (commonly known as copper patterns) using brass and other copper alloys. These trial specimens were never released for public circulation. Only a tiny quantity was cast, and most were destroyed after striking, rendering surviving examples extremely rare and precious.

Within the bead ring lies the Chinese characters Guangxu Yuanbao, with Manchu script at the centre. Along the upper rim of the bead ring are regular script characters reading Made in Yunnan Province, and the coin denomination is inscribed along the lower rim. Four-petaled floral stars decorate the left and right flanks.

The dragon motif is fully enclosed within the bead ring. Its coiled body appears confined by the string of beads, hence the popular moniker "Trapped Dragon". Numismatic scholars adopt the formal nomenclature: "Coiled Dragon".

Standard denominations include Seven Mace and Two Candareens, and Three Mace and Six Candareens. Specimens of the Three Mace and Six Candareens denomination are exceptionally scarce.

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