Quanxiangge Coin Museum

Quanxiangge Coin Museum

The Tianjin Quanxiangge Coin Museum was established in 1991. It officially opened to the public as a museum in 1999 (free admission), becoming Tianjin’s first family-run private collection museum at the time. The museum is a crystallization of corporate, social, and family culture, systematically showcasing over 3,000 types and more than 10,000 pieces of Chinese currency from various dynasties, as well as items and historical materials related to coin culture. Quanxiangge combines collection, research, appreciation, exchange, and leisure, dedicated to spreading and promoting Chinese national culture. It has become an educational base for minors in the community.

Wang Dingxiang, born in July 1946 in Shanghai, graduated from the Shanghai Mechanical Installation Secondary Technical School in 1966. He is a senior engineer who once served as the Party Branch Secretary of the Transmission Line Equipment Factory of the Tianjin Electric Power Industry Bureau Transmission and Substation Engineering Company, and is now retired. He is a member of the China Numismatic Society, the China Collectors Association, a council member of the Tianjin Numismatic Society, and the deputy secretary-general of the Folk Collections Professional Committee of the Tianjin Cultural Relics and Museums Society. He began collecting in his youth, focusing on coins and stamps. His collection includes over 3,000 types and nearly 10,000 pieces of various coins from the Shang Dynasty to the present, as well as amuletic coins and modern commemorative coins and medals, many of which are rare pieces featured in the book *Chinese Folk Coin Treasures*. He also collects calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, ancient jade, fans, inkstones, and more. In recent years, he has studied ancient coins under numismatists such as Qiu Sida, published multiple papers in newspapers and journals, and written a series of articles titled *Coin Chats* for the *Tianjin Electric Power News*. In 1992, he held the first personal coin collection exhibition in Tianjin during the Great Wall Mountain Goods Festival in Jixian County. He participated in the first and second Tianjin Electric Power Bureau Cultural and Art Expos, winning first prize in the collections category both times and was awarded the title of “Cultural Celebrity” at the second art festival. In 1995, he held a special exhibition titled “Chinese Dynastic Coins: Quanxiang Collection from Tianjin” at the Tianjin Yuancheng Art Center. His collection of premium “Chinese Dynastic Coins” was displayed at the ’97 Hong Kong Handover Celebration and the third, fourth, and fifth Tianjin Folk Collections Exhibitions. He founded Tianjin’s first family-run coin culture collection museum—“Quanxiangge” Art Gallery—which has been open to the public free of charge since the end of 1998. His story has been featured by media outlets such as CCTV, Tianjin TV, *China Electric Power News*, *Tianjin Daily*, *Tonight News*, and *Ta Kung Pao* (Hong Kong). His biography has been included in reference works such as *Contemporary Coin Collectors Dictionary*, *China Collectors Circle Celebrity Dictionary*, and *Who’s Who in the World*.

Transportation

Address: No. 163 Weiguo Road, Hedong District, Tianjin

Opening Hours: 9:00–11:00, 13:00–17:00

Transportation: Take bus routes 30, 35, 42, 47, 48 (section), 516, 605, 608, 639, or 656 and get off at Weiguo Road Station.