光绪元宝，清代货币、纸钞、铜币并行，至嘉庆年间发行新式银元，而光绪年间铸行金、银币更多。洋务运动也影响到铸币业，两广总督张之洞曾于光绪十三年（1887年）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。包括广东钱局在内，许多造币机均订购自著名的英国伦敦伯明翰造币有限公司。英国大工业的介入，使银币也沾染上西方色 同治十三年，公元1874年，清穆宗去世，慈禧太后迎立自己的胞妹（醇亲王福晋）的儿子入继为帝，改元光绪，博宝在线拍卖网一年内共上拍光绪元宝1247
枚。光绪元宝先后铸行过“光绪元宝”和“元绪重宝”，“光绪通宝”，
Tongbao made money in the first year of the year, the weight of money gradually reduced from the beginning of the money to eight points, and finally to six points, the money calligraphy for regular script, in addition to the Baofu Bureau also cast seal money, Guangxu Tongbao Qian back for the Manchu Memorial Bureau name, there are also stars and moons, the characters are Baohe, Baozhen, Baojin, Baoyun, Baoqian, and so on, and inscribed "Thousand-character inscription." The person who wears the word "thousand characters" on the back is the word "Yu", "Zhou", "Moon", "exchange" and so on.
光绪通宝成交记录：
伯阳大虎双龙寿字币----787万
清 道光元宝 双龙寿字币----860万
明太祖字币----986万
双龙寿字币 吉祥如意----800万
