龙洋 (lóng yáng) — dragon dollar (a silver coin minted in the late Qing dynasty)

Definition

Examples

• 祖父收藏了一枚龙洋，是他爷爷传下来的。
  Zǔ fù shōu cáng le yì méi lóng yáng, shì tā yé ye chuán xià lái de.
  My grandfather collected a dragon dollar, passed down from his own grandfather.
• 这种龙洋在钱币市场上价值很高。
  Zhè zhǒng lóng yáng zài qián bì shì chǎng shàng jià zhí hěn gāo.
  This kind of dragon dollar is very valuable on the coin market.
• 清末的龙洋上印有龙纹，非常精美。
  Qīng mò de lóng yáng shàng yìn yǒu lóng wén, fēi cháng jīng měi.
  The dragon dollar from the late Qing has a dragon pattern printed on it, very exquisite.