民國十七年（1928年）是“東北王”張作霖內外交困的一年。一方面，是以蔣介石為首的南京國民政府軍隊從4月起對張作霖的東北軍閥部隊發起了第二次北伐的進攻，並取得了勝利，正步步逼近京津地區，迫使大勢已去的張作霖不得不發出“出關”通電，宣佈退出北京；一方面則是日本乘機向張勒索“滿蒙”的權益，並不斷採取措施加緊了逼張的活動，使張作霖徹底陷入了孤立無援的絕境，為此，張作霖下定決心返回東北。由於張作霖為維護中國東北和民族的利益，對日本吞併東北、統治中國的侵略企圖採取了虛與委蛇周旋和針鋒相對抵制的策略，所以日本方面認為張作霖是其吞併東北、統治中國侵略計劃的攔路虎，最終促使日本關東軍對其實施了暗殺活動，製造了震驚中外的“皇姑屯事件”。
大元帥簽字版紀念幣
此枚民國十七年張作霖大元帥紀念幣，正面圖案為張作霖免冠著禮服正面像，頂端為“大元帥紀念幣” 六字楷書， 正面圖案張作霖正面像頭部較前兩年所鑄品略有放大，並帶有英文的設計師簽名；背面上部為“中華民國十七年” 七字楷書，幣背圖無珠圈，為五色五族共和旗（國旗）與鐵血十八星軍旗交叉圖案，下緣部都鑄有英文記值ONE DOLLAR（壹元）。該幣雕刻精美，鑄工精湛，品相完好，具有極高的收藏價值。
設計角度來看，張作霖民國十七年大元帥紀念幣背面的雙旗圖（一面為中華民國政府的法定國旗五色旗，一面為辛亥革命旗幟的十八星旗）已經鮮明地喻示了張作霖歸順國民政府、統一中國的生前遺願。
張作霖民國十七年大元帥紀念幣不僅設計製作精美，而且帶有鮮明的辛亥革命和民主共和的理念，是中國近代史上吞併與反吞併、侵略與反侵略鬥爭以及共和革命和重大歷史事件的見證物，極具審美價值和革命歷史研究價值，加之鑄制發行量稀少，故為民國銀元名珍之一，具有不可估量的收藏價值。
英文翻譯：The seventeenth year of the Republic of China (1928) was a year when zhang Zuolin, the "King of northeast China", was in trouble at home and abroad. On the one hand, the nanjing Nationalist government troops led by Chiang Kai-shek launched the second northern expedition against The northeast warlord forces of Zhang Zuolin from April, and won the victory. They were approaching The Beijing-Tianjin area, forcing Zhang Zuolin to send a "exit" telegram to announce his withdrawal from Beijing. On the one hand, Japan took the opportunity to extort the rights and interests of "Manchuria and Mongolia" from Zhang, and constantly took measures to intensify the activities of forcing Zhang, so that Zhang Zuolin was completely isolated and helpless. Therefore, Zhang Zuolin made up his mind to return to northeast China. Due to Peiping for maintenance in northeast China and the interests of the nation, to the invasion of Japan annexed the northeast, ruled China in an attempt to take the pretended to bend and tit-for-tat resistance strategy, so Japan considers its annexation in Peiping is northeast, ruled China invasion plan obstacle, prompted the Japanese kwantung army on the implementation of the assassination, Made shocked at home and abroad "Huang Gu tun incident".
Commemorative coin signed by the grand Marshal
This 17th year of the Republic of China Marshal Zhang Zuolin commemorative coin, the front pattern is the front image of Zhang Zuolin bareheaded dress, the top is the "Marshal commemorative coin" six-character regular script, the front pattern of Zhang Zuolin frontal image of the head of the first two years of casting slightly enlarged, and with the designer's signature in English; The upper part of the back is the "Seventeen Years of the People of China" seven words in regular script, the back of the coin figure without bead circle, for the five colors and five ethnic Republican flag (national flag) and the cross pattern of the iron eighteen star military flag, the lower edge of the cast English value ONE DOLLAR (ONE yuan). The coin is exquisitely carved, exquisitely cast and intact, with high collection value.
From the perspective of design, the double flags on the back of the commemorative coin of The 17th Marshal of the Republic of China (one is the five-color flag of the government of the Republic of China, and the other is the 18-star flag of the Revolution of 1911) have clearly symbolized Zhang Zuolin's will to submit to the National government and unify China.
Peiping marshal commemorative COINS exquisite design, not only for 17 years of the republic of China and with a distinctive xinhai revolution and the democratic republic of the idea, is China's modern history annexation and annexation, aggression and struggle against aggression and republican revolution and major historical events the fence, aesthetic value and the revolutionary historical research value, combined with the cast circulation is rare, one of the reason for roc silver name Jane, It has immeasurable collection value.
