1914, China, Yuan Shih-Kai. Large Silver Dollar (1 Yuan) Coin. PCGS MS-62!

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1914, China, Yuan Shih-Kai. Large Silver Dollar (1 Yuan) Coin. PCGS MS-62! Mint Date: 1914 (Year 3). Region: China (Republic). Reference: L&M 63, KM-329. Denomination: Dollar (1 Yuan) Mint Place: Tiensin, Nanking or Wuchang. Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as MS-62! Diameter: 39mm Material: Silver Weight: 26.7gm Obverse: Uniformed bust of Yaan Shih-kai left. Six characters above. Reverse: Chinese characters (denomination) within wreath.Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed. ! Yuan Shikai (also named after birthplace Yuan Xiangcheng ) ( 16 September 1859 - 6 June 1916) was an important Chinese general and politician famous for his influence during the late Qing Dynasty, his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor of China, his autocratic rule as the first President of the Republic of China, and his short-lived attempt to revive the Chinese monarchy, with himself as the "Great Emperor of China".With Yuan's death, China was left without any generally recognized central authority and the army quickly fragmented into forces of combating warlords. For this reason he is usually called the Father of the Warlords.However, it is not accurate to attribute other characteristics of warlordism as his preference, since in his career as a military reformer he had attempted to create a modern army based read more