There are various types of silver dollar, such as Chinese Zodiac commemorative coin, traditional culture commemorative coin, and major event commemorative coin. Silver dollar is especially good for collection and investment. Collectors value the cultural value of commemorative coins.
坐洋币又称法属印度支那贸易银圆，亦称安南银元。而所谓贸易银圆，就是一些老牌帝国主义国家为了发展殖民地贸易而发行的银币，坐洋币就是其中之一，为清末在华流通的外国银圆之一。
The foreign currency is also known as the French silver trade in Indochina, also known as Annan silver dollar. The so-called trade silver dollar refers to the silver coins issued by some old imperialist countries for the development of colonial trade. Sitting in the foreign currency is one of them, which is one of the foreign silver dollars circulating in China in the late Qing Dynasty.
下图是李先生带来的坐洋币一枚。
Here's a foreign currency from Mr. Li.
直径：3.9cm 厚：0.26cm 重：23g
Diameter: 3.9cm thickness: 0.26cm weight: 23g
银币正面的主图为手执束棒的自由女神坐像，坐像的两侧铸法文文字是：REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE（法兰西共和国）。女神座下方有小字法文BARRE和该币发行的年份“1905”。
The main figure on the obverse of the silver coin is the seated statue of liberty with a bar in hand, and the French characters on both sides of the seated statue are: Republique Francaise. Below the goddess there is a small French Barre and the issue year 1905.
银币背面的主图案为一花环，周圈为说明文字，花环上方铸法文为：FRANCAISE INDO-CHINE（法兰西印度支那），银币花环中间的横向文字为银币的面额：PIASTRE DE COMMERCE（皮阿斯特的贸易银）。
The main pattern on the back of the silver coin is a wreath. The circle is explanatory. The French wreath is cast on the wreath: FRANCAISE INDO-CHINE (French Indochina), and the transverse character in the middle of the silver garland is the silver Denomination: PIASTRE DE COMMERCE (Astor's trade silver).
银币花环下方文字为：TITRE 0.900 POIDS 27 GR（含银千分之九百，重量27克）。整块银币背面文字的中文意译为：法兰西（所属的）印度支那（银币）。壹贸易银元重27克，含纯银千分之九百。
The text below the silver wreath is: titu 0.900 Poids 27 gr (containing 900% silver and weighing 27g). The Chinese version of the back of the silver coin is French (Indochina). 1. The trade silver dollar weighs 27g, including 900% pure silver.
虽然坐洋币是真正意义上的曾经在中国流通的外国银币，是法兰西帝国主义在银元贸易中实施经济侵略的实物见证，但是由于坐洋币当年主要是在东南亚地区发行，在中国的流通仅限于南方沿海地区。
Although sitting foreign currency is a real foreign silver currency that once circulated in China and a physical witness of the economic aggression of French imperialism in silver dollar trade, it was mainly issued in Southeast Asia at that time, and its circulation in China was limited to the southern coastal areas.
坐洋币的版别有因年号、因改重、因铸造厂等原因，形成众多不同的版别，但并不复杂，这不仅给收藏带来了方便，也因给研究、探讨更多的启迪，价值也是逐渐攀升，受越来越多的人所熟悉和收藏。
There are many different types of seiyang coins due to year, weight change, foundry and other reasons, but they are not complicated. This not only brings convenience to collection, but also gives more enlightenment to research and discussion. The value is also gradually rising, which is familiar and collected by more and more people.
