Tang Jiyao’s support for the Republican commemorative coin
Jan 25, 2021
Tang Jiyao (14 August 1883-23 May 1927), Also known as Rongchang, Word, Chengguan, Huize County, Yunnan Province. The founder and leader of Yunnan Army, The leader of the warlord of Yunnan. At the Zhenwu school in Tokyo, And then into the Japanese army sergeant school, After the promotion to the Japanese Army non-commissioned officer school phase 6 further study. Tang Jiyao participated in the nine-fold uprising, Kunming uprising. In suppressing the second revolution, Attack Sichuan Xiong Kewu led the army. In the war of defense, Joint declaration of independence with Cai, Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of the Republic of China, After the war, He served as governor and governor of Yunnan. One of the presidents of the law enforcement, And Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, Hunan and Fujian eight provinces Yasukuni coalition commander. He came to power in Yunnan in 1913, During his nearly 14 years in office, The establishment of education, the preparation of municipalities, the development of industry has done a number of important things to promote the people and Yunnan, For the modernization of Yunnan has a great role in promoting. The political decline in the late period of Yunnan, Indulging in a comfortable family life, In military affairs, So that some government agencies are corrupt, Military slack, In addition to improper use, I'm sorry, Causes the subordinates to centrifuge away from Germany. Lost the Yunnan regime in 1927, He died in Kunming on May 23, At the age of 44. In 1935, The national government is grateful for Tang's efforts to protect the country, Explicit praise, In 1936, public burial was changed to state burial, The ceremony of state burial. In the modern history of China is a controversial figure.
In December (1915), Yuan Shikai announced the restoration of monarchy, the following year New Year's Day abolished the Republic of China, changed Yuan Hongxian, claiming to be "Emperor Hongxian ". On December 25,1915, Tang Jiyao and General Cai Jiyao, the governor of Yunnan Province, jointly sent electricity to the whole country in Kunming to announce Yunnan's independence. Set up Yuan Guogun and Guogun Yunnan du Governor's House, organized the three-way army to use force to fight for war. Tang Jiyao is a controversial legend, who took part in the war of protecting the country in the early days —— denounced Yuan and supported the Republic; then participated in the movement of protecting the law —— opposed the restoration and actively protected the law; and made some mistakes in the late period —— opposing the Communist Party and opposing the revolution. Launching the war of protecting the country, participating in the movement of protecting the law and many wars, and consuming a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, so he did not have much energy in the construction of culture, education and economy, but Tang Jiyao attached great importance to culture and education and established Donglu University, now Yunnan University. Tang Jiyao silver coin was created and issued by Yunnan Province to commemorate the victory of the anti-Japanese Republic and was one of the main circulating currencies in Yunnan Province during the Republic of China. According to "yunnan modern monetary history data compilation" records, yunnan mint in august, the governor's office ordered the casting of tang jiyao commemorative silver coin, after "the model is not perfect, inconvenient to cast more ", so that the coin stopped casting, now very little spread.
In memory of Tang Jiyao's meritorious service in protecting the country, the Yunnan Mint began to be ordered to print and cast Tang Jiyao's statue to support the Republican commemorative coin, which was divided into two versions: positive image and side image. Tang Jiyao silver coin was created in Yunnan Province to commemorate the victory of anti-Japanese support for the Republic. The face value is three cents and six cents. The front is Tang Jiyao's front image, the edge is bead ring, the bottom of bead ring is symmetrical Jiahe pattern, the top is "military Academy Fujun Chang Tang ", the back is the Republic of China double flag pattern, the top is" support Republican Memorial ", and the bottom is "Kuping three money six points ". It is worth mentioning that the two silver coins are popular, and the auction market performance is also remarkable,. According to "yunnan modern monetary history data compilation" records, yunnan mint in august, the governor's office ordered the casting of tang jiyao commemorative silver coin, after "the model is not perfect, inconvenient to cast more ", so that the coin stopped casting, now very little spread.
This "military Yuan Fujun Chief Tang Jiyao support Republican commemorative coin" coin diameter 3.3 cm, weight 13.3 grams. In the center bead circle of the coin front is Tang Jiyao's shallow relief head, the chrysanthemum branches and leaves on both sides of the bead circle are surrounded upward, the upper edge is engraved with the seven characters of "military academy caressing army long Tang "; on the back, there is an eye-catching pentagram. In the period of the Republic of China, warlords separated and, in order to demonstrate their achievements and build their own businesses, each warlord successively printed coins with their own heads, making the Republic of China mechanism coins a wide variety and dazzling. It not only shows Tang Jiyao's status in the Republic of China, but also becomes a witness of a special era. And its full of traces of the years and a strong sense of historical precipitation, make this collection has a very high collection value!
