| Value | 1 Kuping tael |
|---|---|
| Mass | 37.5[1] g |
| Diameter | 39.5[1] mm |
| Composition | Gold |
| Years of minting | 1906–1907 (trial issues) |
| Circulation | No |
| Obverse | |
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| Design | 光緒(丙午/丁未)年造 - 大清金幣 - 庫平一兩 |
| Reverse | |
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| Design | A large dragon chasing a wish-granting pearl surrounded by auspicious clouds. |
The Great Qing Gold Coin[2] (simplified Chinese: 大清金币; traditional Chinese: 大清金幣; pinyin: Dà Qīng Jīn Bì), also known as the Qing Dynasty Gold Coin or Da-Qing Jinbi, was the name of an unissued series of gold coins produced under the reign of the Guangxu Emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty. These coins were produced in the scenario that the government of the Qing dynasty would adopt the gold standard, as was common in most of the world at the time.
During the Qing dynasty, the Chinese coinage system was based on a bimetallic system of copper and silver and these proposed coins would have also introduced gold coinage to China. However, only a small number of trial coins were produced in the years 1906 and 1907, despite the production these pattern coins the Great Qing Gold Coin did not ever see any circulation.
- ^ a b Numista (31 December 2019). "1 Liang - Guangxu (Pattern strike)". Numista. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Peng, Xinwei (1994). A monetary history of China, Volume 2. Western Washington. p. 686. ISBN 9780914584810.