银元 was the standard silver currency in late-Qing and Republican China, including the famous '
袁大头' (Yuán Dàtóu, 'Big-headed Yuan') coins minted from 1914 bearing Yuan Shikai's portrait. The system was replaced by the silver-yuan-backed fabi
法币 in 1935 and eventually by the renminbi
人民币 in 1948.
