Hubei 50 Tael Boat #1
No.
Hb50/1
Weight: 1842 grams/50 taels
Date: 1702 A.D.
Inscriptions: 襄陽縣/康熙四十一年分??銀五十兩/銀匠毛?成
Hsiang Yang County
The 41st Year of Kangsi...Silver 50 Taels
Silversmith Mao ..Chen
Notes:
The only found 50 tael boat dated a year of the Kangsi Reign, for the time being.
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Hb50/2
Weight: 1850 grams/50 taels
Date: 1879 A.D.
Inscriptions: 襄陽衛/光緒五年/五月/公濟益
Hsiang Yang Settlement
The 5th Year of Kuang Hsu
The 5th Month
Gong Ji Yi (Silver Bank)
Notes:
衛 "Wei": Military Settlement. Hsiang Yang Wei was outlawed and combined into Hsiang Yang County in the 28th year of Kuang Hsu (1902)
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Hb50/3
Weight: 50 taels
Date: 1903 A.D.
Inscriptions: 石首縣/光緒二十九年/十二月/官錢局
Shi So County
The 29th Year of Kuang Hsu
The 12th Month
Official Monetary Bureau
Notes:
Collection of Chang Huei Hsin
No.
Hb50/4
Weight: 50 taels
Date: 1881 A.D.
Inscriptions: 興國州/光緒七年/三月/鹽課
Hsin Kuo District
The 7th Year of Kuang Hsu
The 3rd Month
Salt Tax
Notes:
Collection of Chang Huei Hsin
No.
Hb50/5
Weight: 50 taels
Date: 1886 A.D.
Inscriptions: 江漢關/光緒十二年/協成號匠蔡鳴
Jiang Han Customs (Hangkow)
The 12th Year of Kuang Hsu
Hsieh Chen Firm, Smith Tsai Ming
Notes:
Collection of Chang Huei Hsin
No.
Hb50/6
Weight: 50 taels
Date: 1908 A.D.
Inscriptions: 蘄水縣/光緒三十四年/八月/王恒泰
Chi Sui County
The 34th Year of Kuang Hsu
The 8th Month
Wang Heng Tai (The smith)
Notes:
Collection of Lisa and Dan Malloy
No.
Hb50/7
Weight: 50 taels
Date: 1886 A.D.
Inscriptions: 海防捐局/光緒十二年/二月/公濟益
Naval Defense Donation Bureau*
The 12th Year of Kuang Hsu
The 2nd Month
Gong Ji Yi (Silver Bank)
Notes:
For the purpose of establishing the Bei-Yang (Chili) Fleet to fight against foreign powers, a fund raising was conducted in the name of donation, however the proceeds were eventually shifted to construct Empress Tsu Hsi's Yi-Ho Garden under her command. That luxurious royal garden was burned down by the foreign troops during the Boxer rebellion in 1900.
Collection of Chang Huei Hsin
No.
Hb50/8
Weight: 50 taels
Date: 1882 A.D.
Inscriptions: 江漢關/光緒八年/有成號匠羅芝
Jiang Han Customs (Hangkow)
The 8th Year of Kuang Hsu
Yo Chen Firm, Smith Ro Tse
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Hb50/9
Weight: 50 taels
Date: 1879 A.D.
Inscriptions: 廣濟縣/光緒五年/五月/匠大興
Kuang Ji County
The 5th Year of Kuang Hsu
The 5th Month
Smith Da Xing
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Hb50/10
Weight: 50 taels
Date: 1879 A.D.
Inscriptions: 沔陽州/光緒五年/五月/公濟益
Meng Yang District
The 5th Year of Kuang Hsu
The 5th Month
Gong Ji Yi (Silver Bank)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
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