Shandong 10 Tael Boat #1
No.
Sd10/1
Weight: 376 grams/10 taels
Date: 1875-1908 A.D.
Inscriptions: 膠州/光緒年月/匠張在辰
Kiao Chou
Kuang Hsu Year Month
Smith Chang Zhai Chen
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Sd10/2
Weight: 321 grams/8+ taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 魚台/隆祥銀爐/隆祥銀爐
Yu Tai (County)
Long Hsiang Silver Furnace
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Sd10/3
Weight: 10 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 山東鹽課/裕盛公
Shandong Salt Tax
Yu Shen Gong (The smith)
Notes:
Collection of Chang Huei Hsin
No.
Sd10/4
Weight: 400 grams/10+ taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 山東鹽課/李金城
Shandong Salt Tax
Li Jin Cheng (The smith)
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Sd10/5
Weight: 360 grams/10- taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 貞胡清
Zhen* Hu Ching (The smith)
Notes:
Also named "One-Winged Boat", unlike the preceding 4 pieces which were all official or tax silver, this was mainly cast for commercial use. Circulated not only in Shandong but also in Manchuria since many people emigrated from Shandong to Manchuria and brought this kind of sycee into that territory.
According to the business types of different firms involving silver business, those firms in Shandong were classified into 4 classes:
Class 元 "Yuan" (The 1st Class)--Silver banks of the largest business scope among the 4 classes; running remittances, savings, exchanges and various monetary business.
Class 亨 "Hen" (The 2nd Class)-- Local silver banks with their business limited by locality.
Class 利 "Li" (The 3rd Class)--Local silver furnaces casting and supplying sycee for the firms in other classes.
Class 貞 "Zhen" (The 4th Class)-- Small grocery stores also running monetary exchange business.
The 4 words "Yuan", "Hen", "Li", "Zhen" were abstracted from an idiom of I-Ching.
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Sd10/6
Weight: 380 grams/10+ taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 土藥局/協祥銀爐/協祥銀爐
Domestic Opium Tax Bureau
Hsieh Hsiang Silver Furnace
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Sd10/7
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1875-1908 A.D.
Inscriptions: 恩縣/光緒年月/銀匠慶祥
An County
Kuang Hsu Year Month
Silversmith Ching Hsiang
Notes:
Collection of Chang Huei Hsin
No.
Sd10/8
Weight: 10 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 山東鹽課/尚光文
Shandong Salt Tax
Shan Kuang Wen (The smith)
Notes:
Seen in trade
No.
Sd10/10
Weight: 403 grams/11 taels
Date: 1875-1908 A.D.
Inscriptions: 禹城縣/光緒年月/匠陳榮甲
Yu Chen County
Kuang Hsu Year Month
Smith Cheng Zong Jia
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
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