民国十六年（1927年）国民革命军北伐攻克南京，4月宣告建都后，国民政府积极筹划发行以孙中山肖像为图案的新国币，民国十八年(1929年)国民政府拟定设计新的国币以取代流通已久的袁世凯像银币和孙中山像中华民国开国纪念币，决定采用孙中山先生的头像为中国银元之图案，以纪念“国父”。

 

此次造币分两种三帆币，一种是正面孙中山像的三帆币，钱币正面镌大总统孙中山肖像，五官刻画精致，人物精神饱满，纹饰线条流畅，头发、胡须、衣纹等细节刻画精细，工艺极为精湛;顶部铸“中华民国十八年”字样，钱文清晰，字体端庄，文字清秀。钱币背面镌三桅帆船在海中乘风破浪前进图案，海浪波涛汹涌，栩栩如生;左右分列“壹元”币值，暗记：元字处齿边齿显示接口；

另一种是侧面孙中山像的三帆币，该币是国民政府邀英、美、意、奥、日五国造币厂刻制统一的以孙中山像为主要特征的样币，币正面为孙中山侧面像，上环列中华民国十八年，背面有波涛起伏中的三帆船，左右分列壹圆面值，孙像三帆币由外国造币厂设计刻模，由杭州造币厂试铸，共有六种模板，均未流通。

 

此币到目前为止，国家发现不到一百枚。由于该币版别设计新颖，铸工精良，殊珍贵。所以，它与中国银币中的“奉天一两”齐名，为中国银币中的罕世珍品。“民国十八年帆船币”是中国近代机制币中的十大名誉品之一，随着艺术品市场的兴起，钱币逐渐走俏古玩收藏市场，一些珍稀珍品钱币备受追捧，成交价格迭创新高。钱币的上佳表现激发了越来越多场外投资者的关注，国内收藏钱币的人数与日俱增，投资收藏市场前景极佳!

英文翻译：

Sixteen years (1927) the national revolutionary army of the republic of China northern expedition conquering nanjing, announced in April after a capital, the national government actively planning issue with sun yat-sen's portrait for design of a new national currency, in the eighteenth year of the republic of China (1929), the national government to design a new national currency to replace the circulation of yuan shikai like silver commemorative and sun yat-sen as the founding of the republic of China, Decided to use Dr. Sun Yat-sen's head as the Chinese silver dollar design, in memory of the "father of the nation".   This coinage is divided into two types of three sail coins. One is the three sail coins of sun Yat-sen's portrait on the front side. The portrait of President Sun Yat-sen is engraved on the front side of the coin. Top cast "eighteen years of the Republic of China" words, money clear, dignified font, elegant text. On the back of the coin, the pattern of a clipper sailing through the wind and waves in the sea, the waves are rough and lifelike; Left and right respectively "one yuan" value, secret: yuan word tooth edge tooth display interface;       Another side is sun yat-sen's three sails as currency, the currency is the national government invited to Britain, America, Italy, Australia, Japan and the five mint henceforth have its official uniform like sun yat-sen as the main characteristics of the specimen, the front of the coin is sun yat-sen's profile, sheung column in the eighteenth year of the republic of China, have three of the heaving sailing on the back, left and right sides respectively one round face, the sun like three sails currency by foreign mint design engraving, By hangzhou mint trial casting, a total of six templates, none of them in circulation.       So far, the country has found less than 100 of them. Because the coin edition design is novel, the casting is excellent, and it is very precious. Therefore, it and the Chinese silver coin "Fengtian 2" as the Chinese silver coin in the rare treasure. "The 18th year of the Republic of China sailing coins" is one of the ten famous items in modern Chinese mechanism coins. With the rise of the art market, coins gradually become popular in the antique collection market, and some rare and precious coins are sought after, and the transaction price reaches new highs. The good performance of coins has aroused the attention of more and more outside investors. The number of domestic coin collectors is increasing day by day, and the market prospect of investment and collection is excellent!