The main currency during the Guangxu period was Guangxu Yuanbao, and the currency changes during the Guangxu period had the following process:

1. During the Guangxu period, Guangxu Yuanbao, Yuanxu Chongbao, and Guangxu Tongbao were minted successively. Cast between 1875 and 1908 AD, the weight of the coin was gradually reduced from the initial one cent to eight cents, and finally to six cents. The calligraphy of the coin is regular script;

2. In addition, Baofu Bureau Seal script coins have also been minted. Guangxu Tongbao coins have the name of the Manchu bureau written on the back, and also have star and moon patterns. The characters include Baohe, Baozhen, Baojin, Baoyun, Baoqian, etc. There are also those with the inscription "Thousand-Character Wen" ;

3. In the year of Wuzi, there was a kind of Wuzi coin with the word "Wuzi" on the left and "River" on the right;

4. In the fifteenth year of Guangxu, Huguang Governor Zhang Zhidong purchased the machine from the UK in Guangdong,