Dish Silver

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No. Bs/1

 

Weight: 96 grams/2.8 taels

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions:

 

None

 

Notes:

 

Collection of the webmaster

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No. Bs/2

 

Weight: 24 grams/6.6 maces

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 九文

 

99 (% of fineness)

 

Notes:

 

Collection of the webmaster

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No. Bs/17

 

Weight: 35 grams/1 tael

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 王 ?

 

Wang Ting (The smith)

 

Notes:

 

Collection of the webmaster

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No. Bs/19

 

Weight: 32 grams/9 maces

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 尹聚恒

 

Yin Jiu Heng (The smith)

 

Notes:

 

Collection of the webmaster

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No. Bs/20

 

Weight: 32 grams/9 maces

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 侯記/公估

 

Ho Firm

Public Assayer

 

Notes:

 

According to the History of  宣威縣 Hsuan Wei County (in Yunnan Province), the Ho Firm was a famous silver shop in the region which cast sycee of a fineness of up to 90%, while those cast by other shops were only 80% fine. Therefore, Ho Firm was given the name of "Gong Gu" (Public Assayer) by the locals.   

 

Collection of the webmaster

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