拍品描述： 1916年云南省造唐继尧像共和纪念银币库平三钱六分，L&M862，Y480,NGC MS63，Norcal 藏品。唐继尧（1883-1927），字蓂赓，汉族，云南会泽人，1883年出生于一个书香家庭。1904年赴日留学，入东京振武学校第六期。1905年秋加入同盟会。1908年毕业于日本士官学校。次年回国。1909年返云南，在讲武堂担任教官及从事革命活动。辛亥革命爆发后，参加蔡锷指挥的昆明重九起义。1915年12月25日，蔡锷、唐继尧联名通电全国，宣佈云南独立，发起推翻袁世凯的“护国起义”掀起“护国运动”。1927年2月6日唐继尧交出政权下野。1927年5月23日，唐继尧病逝，享年44岁，葬于昆明圆通山。1935年，国民政府感念唐护国之功，明令褒扬，于1936年改公葬为国葬，补行国葬仪式，唐继尧铜像也在昆明大观楼落成。CHINA-Yunnan ND(1916) Tang Chi Yao Protector of the Republic Commemorative Coin 50 Cents Silver,Y480,L&M-862, NGC MS63.Norcal Collection.Tang Chi Yao (1883-1927), Han nationality, a Huize native in Yunnan, was born in 1883 in a family of books. In 1904, he went to study in Japan and entered the sixth phase of Zhenwu school in Tokyo. Joined the league in autumn 1905. He graduated from Japanese non commissioned officer school in 1908. And returned the following year. He returned to Yunnan in 1909 and served as a teaching officer and engaged in revolutionary activities in the lecture hall. After the outbreak of the revolution of 1911, the heavy nine uprising of Kunming was attended by Cai E. On December 25, 1915, governor Cai E and general Tang Chi Yao jointly telegraphed the whole country to declare the independence of Yunnan, initiated the Uprising of Protecting the Country" to overthrow Yuan Shi Kai and set off the Movement of Protecting the Country. In February 6, 1927, Tang Chi Yao gave up the regime. In May 23, 1927, Tang Chi Yao died at the age of 44, and was buried in Kunmings Tongtong mountain. In 1935, the Kuomintang government was grateful for Tangs patronage and praised it. In 1936, it changed the state funeral into a state funeral, followed by a state funeral ceremony. The bronze statue of Tang Chi Yao was also completed at the Grand View Tower in Kunming.