- North East regions of China were the places the Manchurian rulers of
Ching
Dynasty resided, and were deliberately quarantined from immigration and
settlement of people by the government since the rise of the Dynasty. It was
not until the 8th year of Hsien Feng (1858, reigh period 1851-1861) when the
Sino-British
Tienjin Treaty was signed, and thereafter, The Supplement of the
Sino-British Tienjin Treaty in the 10th year of Hsien
Feng (1860), The
Sino-American Treaty in the 29th year of Kuang Hsu
(1903, period 1875-1908), The
Sino-Japanese Treaty in the 31st year of Kuang Hsu (1905). Since then,
treaty ports and maritime customs were forced to open one after another.
- Owing to such changes, former Imperial order of the quarantine was
abolished. In the 33rd year of Kuang Hsu (1907), the Central Government
further decided to divide the Manchurian Territory into 3 provinces, i.e.,
Feng Tien, Ji-Lin, and Hei Lung Jiang. More people started to immigrate into
these 3 great, remote and new provinces, commercial and economic
environments there, thus, were formed. A new sycee currency standard was
also generating.
- Big Winged Boat as shown exemplifies the standard sycee widely circulated
in the new Manchurian provinces. Its characteristics can be easily
recognized; that is its surface is apparently leaned to one of the wings
(ends), which makes the other wing looked longer and larger.
- The shown specimen, according to the inscription of casting place and
date, was cast in Kuang Cheng (Chang Chun, Ji-Lin Province), in the
31st
year of Kuang Hsu (1905), to the right of this inscription, a small chop of
Gan Wu further indicates that this specimen was re-circulated in the year
of 1930.
Silver Sycee
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Jiang Gao Ming Smith Gao Ming 
- The 31st year of the Kuang Hsu Reign
Geng Wu 1930 
Kuan Cheng Chang Chun City 
Tong Shun Cheng Name of Silver shop