它是清朝光绪年间在光绪元宝.流通的货币之一。两广总督张之洞率先引进英国造币机铸造银、铜币，随后各省纷纷效仿。共有19个省局铸造铜钱，除中央户部和地方各省铸造的铜钱外，其余均在其正面上缘刻有省名。
光绪元宝是清朝光绪年间第一种大面值货币，是中国第一批引进海外技术印制发行的货币，对今天也有一定的历史意义。广东制造的光绪元宝属于中国近代机器造币史上的一个大系列。其铸造时期持续时间较长(从光绪22年至光绪34年的1896年至1908年)。过了十几年，硬币换了好几次。即使是同一个铸造年份，由于修模、币材、工艺、工厂管理等诸多因素，版本也往往极其复杂。
上面一张是北洋光绪元宝，下面两张是云南光绪元宝。
北洋造库平七钱二分,外观精美，古色古香，古朴典雅，历史痕迹鲜明，历史过渡自然，极具艺术和历史价值。此币为长尾龙，长云版。此币刻纹深，结构均衡，书法流畅。正面银币圈刻有“光绪元宝”字样；珠外缘刻满(光绪元宝)字样，下缘刻“库平七元二分”字样。左右分别题写“北海”二字。在每个单词上面刻一个点。背面的硬币上刻有“龙图”，“龙图”周围有“祥云图案”；上下缘环刻有英文和阿拉伯数字“光绪三十四年(中文翻译为：北洋光绪三十四年)”字样。英文“杨佩”的下缘左右各刻一个圆点。
云南省造库平三钱六分银币：钱面：珍珠圈满汉字“光绪银元”，上环“滇产”，下环“库平三钱刘芬”，内环“光绪元宝”，字体优美。光的最后一笔竖钩，做出一个鸟的形状，鸟嘴紧紧的挂在光字上一目了然。光绪的《徐子》中间的那一瞥，就像一柄匕首，一刀扎进了徐子的心脏。元字，千军万马鸟眼，有吸干大清元气之意。字的宝盖上面一点，宝盖下面伸出来，字体柔和飘逸。钱背：在盘龙图的中间，左右各有16颗星星。扁龙是短髯龙，眼睛明亮生动；龙林雕刻精美，腾云驾雾，体态苍劲有力；龙爪张扬，神武有力；龙盘踞在阳光下，显示出皇家的威严大气。在中国所有带有杨龙图案的银币(包括所有在国外发行的银币)中，这个盘龙像的工艺最为精湛，雕刻最为完美，浮雕最为强烈。它的镜面平整光滑，轮廓非常清晰，就像一条银龙。
在古董收藏领域，永恒的法则是“物以稀为贵”的原则，几乎适用于所有的收藏。有些朝代存在的时间很短，所以这个时期的铸钱量不会太大，留在世界上的钱自然也就稀少了。能流传至今的就更有价值了。现代精致的‘爷爷留着，孙子卖着’，就是收藏五六十年的价值很高，可以卖。不过这种流传了几百年的老银币，能有如此完美的品相，已经很难得了。
英文翻译：光绪袁宝是清朝光绪年间流通的硬币之一。湖北巡抚、广东巡抚张之洞率先引进英国造币机铸造银、铜钱，随后其他省份纷纷效仿。共有19个省局铸造，除中央部户外，地方各省铸造的铜元、
INS belong to a big series, the casting period lasted very long (in the guangxu 34 years guangxu 22 years - <1896> 1908), after more than ten years, coin change several times, even if the same year also often since repairing mold, material, technology, factory management, and many other factors, causing abnormal bottle multifarious.The upper guangxu ingot of beiyang, the lower two are Guangxu ingot of Yunnan.
The kuping made in Beiyang has two pieces of seven COINS. The product is exquisite, round and round, the rust color is old, simple and elegant. The traces left by history are bright, and the historical transition is natural. This coin is a long tail dragon, long cloud version. The carving pattern is deep and steep, the structure is balanced, and the calligraphy is smooth. The engraved Chinese character "Guangxu yuan Bao" in the beads on the front of the silver coin; The outer upper rim ring engraved with Manwen (Guangxu Yuanbao) four words, the lower rim ring engraved with "Kuping seven qian two" six words; The character "Bei · Yang" was engraved around and around. Each engraved with a dot above the two characters. Coin back engraved with a "sitting dragon", "Dragon" around the ring engraved with "auspicious cloud pattern"; The engraving OF the upper and lower margin with Arabic numerals is "34RD YEAR OF KUANG HSu PEI YANG," (Chinese translation: the 34th YEAR OF Guangxu, Beiyang). The English "PEI YANG (Beiyang)" on the left and right sides, each engraved with a dot.
Three COINS and six minutes silver coin made in Kuping, Yunnan Province: The coin face: the bead circle is full of Chinese characters "Guangxu silver dollar", the upper ring "Made in Yunnan Province", the lower ring "Kuping three COINS and six minutes", the inner circle "Guangxu silver dollar", the font is pretty. The last stroke of the word "light" was drawn vertically and curved, creating the shape of a bird. The bird's beak connected the word "light" with a glance. The glance in the middle of Guangxu is like a hilt, a knife stabbed into the heart of Guangxu.
In the field of antique collectibles, the immutable law of "less is more," which applies to almost all collectibles. Some dynasties is only short time, so the amount of cast money during this period will not too big, only a natural are few and far between, can the spread now is more important, the modern exquisite 'grandfather hid, sell' grandson also is a five hundred and sixty collection value is high, can make moves, and this kind of old COINS, circulated has experienced hundreds of years of vicissitudes of life, can have such a perfect appearance, it is very rare, is worthy of collection of COINS.
