Szechuan Salt or Tea Tax
No.
Sc10/3
Weight: 349 grams/9+ taels
Date: 1900 A.D.
Inscriptions: 二十六年鹽課/江計商/裕亨同
(Kuang Hsu) The 26th Year, Salt Tax
Jiang Ji* Merchant
Yu Heng Tong (Silver Bank)
Notes:
"Jiang" is an abbreviation for "Jiang Bei District", and "Ji" for "Ji Bank" standing for the salt markets of Szechuan and Hubei. Jiang Ji Merchant hereof means "A salt merchant of Jiang Bei District permitted to sell salt in Szechuan and Hubei markets"
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Sc10/4
Weight: 328 grams/8+ taels
Date: 1910 A.D.
Inscriptions: 邛州鹽本/宣統二年/商鎰泰源
Hsuan Tung 2nd Year
Hong Prefecture, Salt Capital
(Salt) Merchant Yi Tai Yuan
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No. Sc10/22
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1878 A.D.
Inscriptions: 光緒四年富官引局/商大順正/龔祥泰匠
Kuang Hsu 4th year Fu (Fu Soon County) Official (Salt) License Bureau
Merchant Da Soon Zhen
Smith Gong Hsiang Tai
Notes:
引 Ying--Vendor's license for salt or tea. In China, tea and salt were both a business monopolized by the government, and merchants had to pay a license fee before purchasing them from producers. Each "Ying" (License), normally permitted the vendor to purchase and resell an amount of tea or salt equal to 400 Chinese catty. (1 Chinese catty is about 0.5 kg)
Collection of Chang Huei Hsin
No.
Sc10/23
Weight: 362 grams/10 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 拾年/腊月/商正興榮/長壽計岸
Chang Sho (County) Ji Ann*
(Salt) Merchant Zheng Hsin Zong
The 10th Year
The 12th Month
Notes:
"Ji Ann" means "Ji Bank" standing for the salt markets of Szechuan and Hubei. This piece obviously was cast by a salt merchant Zheng Hsin Zong of Chang Sho County who was permitted to sell salt in the markets of Szechuan and Hubei, being a salt tax silver.
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Sc10/38
Weight: 336 grams/9+ taels
Date: 1891 A.D.
Inscriptions: 大生厚/光緒十七年富官引局/同春元
Da Shen Ho (Salt merchant)
The 17th Year of Kuang Hsu, FuSoon Official License Bureau
Tong Chun Yuan (Silver shop)
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Sc10/41
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1898 A.D.
Inscriptions: 匠裕成明/光緒二十二年灌縣鹽本/商光大美
Smith Yu Chen Ming
Kung Hsu 22nd Year, Guang County, Salt Capital
(Salt) Merchant Kuang Da Mei
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Sc10/44
Weight: 371 grams/10 taels
Date: 1908 A.D.
Inscriptions: 三十四年/鹽庫/羅裕川亨
(Kuang Hsu) The 34th Year
Treasury of the Salt Affairs and Official Transportation Bureau
Lo (First name of the owner of the silver shop), Yu Chuan Heng (The silver shop)
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.Sc10/47
Weight: 398 grams/11- taels
Date: 1906 A.D.
Inscriptions: 邛州丙午鹽本
Chung District
Bin Wu (The celestial year Bin Wu, i.e., 1906)
Salt Capital
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.Sc10/49
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1886 A.D.
Inscriptions: 邛州/光緒十二年鹽課/協泰森
Chung District
The 12th Year of Kuang Hsu, Salt Tax
Hsieh Tai Shen (Smith)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.Sc10/53
Weight: 10 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 鑪關茶課
Lu Customs Tea Tax
Notes:
鑪關"Lu Customs": Later Kang Ding of Xi Kang Province.
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