Exchange Rates - The Ching Dynasty
Year Place Cash Coins per 1 Tael of Silver Chien Lung 13th Year (1748) Shandong 750 " 16th Year (1751 AD) Beijing 820 " 16th Year (1751) Shansi 781 " 31st Year (1766) Yunnan 1,100 " 35th Year (1770) " 1,150 " 40th Year (1775) Beijing 955 " 43rd Year (1778) " 880 " 59th Year (1794) Yunnan 2,450 Jia Ching 4th Year (1799) Jiangsu 1,450 " 7th Year (1802) " 1,450-1,650 " 11th Year (1806) Shandong 1,450-1,650 " 23rd Year (1818) Fujien, Chekiang 1,300 (+) Tao Kuang 2nd Year (1822) Beijing 2,000-3,000 " 8th Year (1828) Shandong 2,600 " Jiangsu 1,300 " Beijing 2,500-2,550 " 9th Year (1829) Honan 1,400 " 10th Year (1830) Shandong 2,700 " 12th Year (1832) Huchow (Chekiang) 1,250 " 18th Year (1838) -- 1,650 " 22nd Year (1842) Chekiang 1,650 " 26th Year (1846) Kiangnan, Shansi 1,500 " 26th Year (1846) Bejing 4,600 " 27th Year (1847) Hunan, Kuangtung 2,000 Hsien Feng 1st Year (1851) -- 2,000 " 2nd Year (1852) Beijing 1,500 " 3rd Year (1853) -- 1,650-1,800 " 4th Year (1854) -- 2,000 " 5th Year (1855) -- 1,600 " 7th Year (1857) Shanghai 1,190 " 11th Year (1858) -- 1,650 Tung Tze 1st Year (1862) -- 1,550-1,650 " 6th Year (1867) Nationwide 1,500-1,600 Source:
1. Prof. Chuan Han Shen: "The Studies of the Historical Economy of the Ming and Ching Dynasty".
2. Prof. Peng Hsin Wei: "The History of the Chinese Currencies"
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