Item number: A1963

Year: AD 1994

Material: Silver

Size: 30.0 x 30.0 x 1.6 mm

Weight: 10.9 g

Provenance: Da Chen Stamps and Coins Collection 2015

This is a commemorative silver coin issued in AD 1994 by China, featuring the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Puyi, as its central theme.

The obverse of the coin features a portrait of Puyi at the age of three, dressed in imperial court attire during his enthronement. On either side, simplified Chinese characters inscribe “China’s Last Emperor” (中國末代皇帝) and “Puyi” (溥儀), respectively. The reverse depicts a coiled five-clawed dragon, with the upper edge inscribed in vertical Chinese characters as “Great Qing Xuantong” (大清宣統), alongside the years of Puyi’s reign, AD 1909–1911.

Puyi was the last emperor of China’s final dynasty, the Qing Dynasty. He ascended the throne in AD 1909 at the age of three. However, following the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution in AD 1911, he was forced to abdicate but was allowed to reside within the Forbidden City until AD 1924, when he was expelled by the warlord Feng Yuxiang and took refuge in the Tianjin concession. In AD 1931, after Japan’s occupation of Northeast China, Puyi was installed by the Japanese as the puppet emperor of Manchukuo. Following the collapse of Manchukuo in AD 1945, he was captured as a prisoner of war, first by the Soviet Union and later by the Chinese Communist government. In AD 1959, he was among the first group of war criminals granted amnesty by the People’s Republic of China. He subsequently worked as a gardener at the Beijing Botanical Garden until his death.

In AD 1987, renowned Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci created the film The Last Emperor, which depicted the extraordinary life of Puyi. The film received widespread international acclaim and was notable for being the first production granted permission to film inside the Forbidden City.

物件編號: A1963

年代: 公元 1994 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 30.0 x 30.0 x 1.6 mm

重量: 10.9 g

來源: 大城郵幣社 2015

這是一枚公元1994年，中國以清朝的末代皇帝溥儀為背景的紀念銀幣。

錢幣正面是登基時年僅三歲的溥儀身穿朝服的肖像，左右兩側分別以簡體漢字標示「中國末代皇帝」和「溥儀」。錢幣背面則是有一條捲曲的五爪飛龍，上緣以直書的漢字標示「大清宣統」，旁邊則是溥儀在位的年代「1909-1911」。

溥儀是中國最後一個王朝清朝的末代皇帝，於公元1909年以三歲的幼齡登基為皇帝。然而隨著公元1911年，辛亥革命的爆發，溥儀也被迫退位但是仍居住在皇宮紫禁城內，直到公元1924年遭到軍閥馮玉祥驅逐出去避居於天津租界。公元1931年，隨著日本侵占中國東北，溥儀被日本找去擔任滿州國的魁儡皇帝。公元1945年，隨著滿州國的覆滅，溥儀先後成為蘇聯和中共的戰俘，直到公元1959年，成為中共第一批特赦的戰犯，此後在北京的植物園擔任園丁直到逝世。

公元1987年，義大利知名導演伯納多·貝托魯奇以溥儀傳奇的一生創作《末代皇帝》電影大受全球好評，同時也是紫禁城首度開放給外國人用作電影拍攝。