A 10-Tael Shoe Sycee of Shandong Province
Stephen Tai
Feb.23, 1998
Inscriptions
:
Gin Hsiang
County, [Silversmith]
Jao Chang Yeh
Dimension
: 67(L) x 40(W) x 46(H)mm
Weight
: 352 g (10 taels)
The shown shoe sycee in 10 taels was a standard sycee currency circulated in
Shandong
Province in
Ching
Dynasty.
Other northern provinces such as
Chili
(
Hobei
) and
Honan
also adopted such shape and weight standard.
Chinese used to call shoe sycee of 50 taels as
Yuanbao
, and such kind as
Hsiao Yuan Bao
(Small
Yuanbao
).
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