Kuangsi Square Trough #3
No.
Ks10/21
Weight: 388 grams/10+ taels
Date: 1871 A.D.
Inscriptions: 平南縣/同治十二年/三月日/黃寶豐
Ping Nan CountyTong Ze 12th Year
The 3rd Month Day
Huang Bao Feng (Smith of the County)
Assaying chops: 黃邦泰
Huang Ban Tai (Assayer of the Province)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Ks10/22
Weight: 391 grams/10+ taels
Date: 1891 A.D.
Inscriptions: 賓州/光緒十七年/三月日/庫銀
Bin Jou (District)
Kuang Hsu 17th Year
The 3rd Month Day
Treasury Silver
Assaying chops: 萬祥豐
Wan Hsiang Feng (Assayer of the Province)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Ks10/23
Weight: 376 grams/10 taels
Date: 1892 A.D.
Inscriptions: 靈川縣/光緒十八年/五月日/庫銀
Ling Chuan County
Kuang Hsu 18th Year
The 5th Month Day
Treasury Silver
Assaying chops: 萬祥豐
Wan Hsiang Feng (Assayer of the Province)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Ks10/24
Weight: 372 grams/10 taels
Date: 1873 A.D.
Inscriptions: 梧州府/同治十二年/八月 日/魏裕豐
Wu Chou Prefecture
Tong Tze 12th Year
The 8th Month Day
Wei Yu Feng (The smith)
Assaying chops: 魏元亨
Wei Yuan Heng (Assayer of the Province)
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Ks10/25
Weight: 357 grams/10- taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 百色/百色
Bai Ser (District)
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
This is a specimen attributed to Bei Liu (北流), according to the terminology used in the Ching Dynasty. Bei Liu is a predecessor of all the Square Troughs circulated in Kuangtung and Kuangsi and was popular before the Chien Lung Period (1736-1795), after which it evolved into Square Trough type.
More details are provided in "A Study on Square Troughs of the Southern Provinces During the Ching Dynasty"(清代南方諸省方鏪考)
No.
Ks10/26
Weight: 364 grams/10- taels
Date: 1892 A.D.
Inscriptions: 平樂府/光緒十八年/二月 日/賀縣
Ping Ler Prefecture
Kuang Hsu 18th Year
The 2nd Month Day
Her County
Assaying chops: 李亨利
Li Heng Li (Assayer of the Province)
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
A tax silver submmited to the provincial Board of Revenue from "Her County", by way of its superior administration "Ping Ler Prefecture". This is one of the two Later Types of Kuangsi Official Square Troughs appeared since the mid of the Kuang Hsu period.
More details are provided in "A Study on Square Troughs of the Southern Provinces During the Ching Dynasty"(清代南方諸省方鏪考)
No.
Ks10/27
Weight: 10 taels
Date: N/A.
Inscriptions: 祥珍
Hsiang Zhen (The silver shop)
Assaying chops: 祥珍
Hsiang Zhen (The assayer)
Notes:
Seen in trade
A type cast during the periods of Tong Tze and Kuang Hsu in Kuangsi for or from an opium trade.
More details are provided in "A Study on Square Troughs of the Southern Provinces During the Ching Dynasty"(清代南方諸省方鏪考)
No.
Ks10/28
Weight: 403 grams/10+ taels
Date: 1840 A.D.
Inscriptions: 道光二十年/象州/二月日/黃致祥
Xiang District
The 20th Year of Tao Kuang
The 2nd Month
Huang Zhi Xiang (the smith)
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
More details are provided in "A Study on Square Troughs of the Southern Provinces During the Ching Dynasty"(清代南方諸省方鏪考)
No.
Ks10/29
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1850 A.D.
Inscriptions: 道光三十年/梧州府/五月 日/黃致祥
WuZhou Prefecture
The 30th Year of Tao Kuang
The 5th Month
Huang Zhi Xiang (the smith)
Notes:
No.
Ks10/30
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1820 A.D.
Inscriptions: 嘉慶二十五年/武緣縣/四月日/江興泰
Wu Yuan County
The 25th Year of Jia Ching
The 4th Month
Jiang Hsin Tai (the smith)
Notes:
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