Featured Article Quiz #100
Yuan Shikai coinage
#1 Which mint engraver is credited with designing the best-known Yuan Shikai dollar (“fatman dollar”) coin design?
Luigi Giorgi
Zhang Zhidong
Sun Yat-sen
#2 What side of the Yuan Shikai dollar is shown on the coin designed by Luigi Giorgi?
Yuan in a military uniform on one side
Yuan in a civilian robe on one side
A dragon on one side
#3 According to the text, what happened to the production of Yuan Shikai dollar coins after the Northern Expedition (1926–1928)?
The Nationalist government stopped making them, though some regions continued producing them later
All production immediately stopped worldwide with no later circulation
They were replaced entirely by gold coins as the standard denomination