1861-1908 Commemorative Silver Dollar for The Empress Dowager Cixi of China’s Great Qing Dynasty
Obverse: full-face portrait in center in a circle with Chinese characters “大清國慈禧皇太后” (Empress Dowager Cixi of Great Qing Dynasty) above and her reigning period…
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861-1908 Commemorative Silver Dollar for The Empress Dowager Cixi of China’s Great Qing Dynasty. Obverse: full-face portrait in center in a circle with Chinese characters “大清國慈禧皇太后” (Empress Dowager Cixi of Great Qing Dynasty) above and her reigning period “1861-1908” below. Reverse: Dragon in center surrounded with clouds in a circle. 1861-1908大清國慈禧皇太后壹圓型紀念銀幣- from Mr Yeyong ZHOU’s private collection.
861-1908 Commemorative Silver Dollar for The Empress Dowager Cixi of China’s Great Qing Dynasty. Obverse: full-face portrait in center in a circle with Chinese characters “大清國慈禧皇太后” (Empress Dowager Cixi of Great Qing Dynasty) above and her reigning period “1861-1908” below. Reverse: Dragon in center surrounded with clouds in a circle. 1861-1908大清國慈禧皇太后壹圓型紀念銀幣- from Mr Yeyong ZHOU’s private collection.
Old Cixi in 1903-1904. The Empress Dowager Cixi of rose from the position of concubine to become the most powerful woman in Qing Dynasty China, in a 47-year-long reign–from 1861 to 1908. Cixi had the fortune to bear the Xianfeng Emperor’s only male heir. After the death of the Emperor, Cixi ruled through her son, who was only five years old when his father died. When the boy Emperor himself died at an early age, Cixi installed her nephew to the throne and ruled through him until she died.
Old Cixi in 1903-1904. The Empress Dowager Cixi of rose from the position of concubine to become the most powerful woman in Qing Dynasty China, in a 47-year-long reign–from 1861 to 1908. Cixi had the fortune to bear the Xianfeng Emperor’s only male heir. After the death of the Emperor, Cixi ruled through her son, who was only five years old when his father died. When the boy Emperor himself died at an early age, Cixi installed her nephew to the throne and ruled through him until she died.
Young Cixi as a concubine.The Empress Dowager Cixi of Great Qing Dynasty rose from the position of concubine to become the most powerful woman in Qing Dynasty China, in a 47-year-long reign–from 1861 to 1908. Cixi had the fortune to bear the Xianfeng Emperor’s only male heir. After the death of the Emperor, Cixi ruled through her son, who was only five years old when his father died. When the boy Emperor himself died at an early age, Cixi installed her nephew to the throne and ruled through him.
