Shaansi Groove #3
No. Sas4-6/21
Weight: 4 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 十五年/臨潼/張發
The 15th Year
Ling Tung (County)
Chang Fa (The smith)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Sas4-6/22
Weight: 4 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 漢中府/厘金局
Han Zhong Prefecture
Li Tax Bureau
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Sas4-6/23
Weight: 4 taels
Date: 1907 A.D.
Inscriptions: 丁未/朝邑/薛順
Year of Ding Wei (The 33rd Year of Kuang Hsu)
Chao District
Hsue Shun (The smith)
Notes:
Seen in trade
No.
Sas4-6/24
Weight: 3 taels/112 grams
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 陜西/信德銀爐
Shaansi (Province)
Hsin Der Silver Furnace
Notes:
Most existing Shaansi Grooves are inscribed with the name of a county, but this rare piece is one of few known examples which bear the name of Shaansi Province. Based on the scarcity of this inscription (Name of Province + Name of Silversmith), it can be assumed that it was used in Shaansi at an early date for only a short period of time. This type of inscription was later adopted by Gansu Grooves.
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Sas4-6/25
Weight: 3.3 taels/120 grams
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 司庫/趙林
Treasury of Provincial Board of Revenues (of Shaansi)
Zhao Lin (The smith)
Chopmarks: 太乙
Tai Yi (Name of a Taoist fairy)
Usually, the treasury of a provincial board of revenue was founded to store and safeguard those tax silver submitted to the board by local governments, and casting sycee was not part of its mission. This piece shown above, which indicates that it was cast by the Treasury of Shaansi Board of Revenue, is the only known example of this type. This unusual treasury cast silver is assumed to be gathered and recast by the treasury from either odd pieces among submitted tax silver to streamline the weights of treasury silver, or from those with insufficient silver content to meet the official fineness standard.
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Sas4-6/26
Weight: 130 grams/4- taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 三年/蒲城/地丁
The 3rd Year
Pu Cheng County
Land & Poll Tax
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Sas4-6/27
Weight: 160 grams/4+ taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 西安省/永盛高
Si An, the Provincial Capital
Yong Shen Gao (Silver bank)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Sas4-6/28
Weight: 4 taels
Date: 1911 A.D.
Inscriptions: 辛亥年/三原/李興
The Celestial Year Xin Hai
Shan Yuan (County)
Li Xing (The smith)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Sas4-6/29
Weight: 4 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 郃陽/康永
Ho Yang (County)
Kang Yong (Silver bank)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Sas4-6/30
Weight: 4 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 三原縣/劉忠成
San Yuan County
Liu Zhong Cheng (The smith)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
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