Live auction - fwo_698120 - CHINA 1 Yuan Président Yuan Shikai an 10 1921

CHINA 1 Yuan Président Yuan Shikai an 10 1921 XF

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	175 €
Maximum bid :	175 €
End of the sale :	26 October 2021 21:15:00
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : 1 Yuan Président Yuan Shikai an 10

Date: 1921

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 890 ‰

Diameter : 39 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 26,65 g.

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

KM20/329.6

Obverse

Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN CHINOIS).

Obverse description : Portrait de Yuan Shikai à gauche en uniforme.

Reverse

Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN CHINOIS).

Reverse description : Couronne de feuillage.

Commentary

Yuan Shikai (1859-1916) est un militaire et homme politique chinois. Homme fort sous le régime impérial des Qing , il négocie avec les révolutionnaires. Ainsi en 1912, il succède à Sun Yat-sen en devenant président de la République de Chine. Grâce à son contrôle sur l’armée, il instaure un régime autocratique. Le 12 décembre 1915, il s’autoproclame Grand Empereur de Chine mais isolé doit abandonner le pouvoir en mars 1916. Il meure d’une hémorragie en juin 1916.
Yuan Shikai (1859-1916) was a Chinese military and political figure. A strongman under the Qing imperial regime, he negotiated with the revolutionaries. In 1912, he succeeded Sun Yat-sen by becoming President of the Republic of China. Thanks to his control over the army, he established an autocratic regime. On December 12, 1915, he proclaimed himself Grand Emperor of China, but in isolation, he had to give up power in March 1916. He died of a hemorrhage in June 1916.