Sycee Notes
Sn/1 Hu Bu (Board of Revenue) Official Note
Denoted One Tael of Sufficiently Pure Silver in the "Zsun Er Liang" Scale
Dated The 7th Day, the 7th Month, the 5th Year of Hsien Feng (1855)
Various signatures on the reverse were the endorsement by its bearers for conveyance.
Sn/2
Hunan Official Monetary Bureau
Denoted One Tael of Silver in the Provincial Scale
Dated the Year of Bin Wu (The 33rd Year of Kuang Hsu, 1907)
Various signatures on the reverse were the endorsement by its bearers for conveyance.
Sn/3
Bank of Hunan
Denoted One Tael of Sufficiently Pure Silver in the Provincial Scale
Dated the 1st Month, the 1st Year of the Republic of China (1912)
Various signatures on the reverse were the endorsement by its bearers for conveyance.
Sn/4 Tien Yin Silver Bank, Beijing. Private Note
Denoted Two Tael of Sufficiently Pure Silver in the Beijing Scale
Dated the Kuang Hsu reign (1875-1908), without further specifying the day, month or year
Various signatures on the reverse were the endorsement by its bearers for conveyance.
Sn/5
Jiangsi Silver Monetary Bureau
Denoted One Tael Market Silver in the 938 Scale. (The 938 Scale means any payment will be multiplied by 0.938 when paid)
Dated the Kuang Hsu reign (1875-1908), and even though no additional date is specified, this specimen was issued in either 1907 or 1908, because that Jiangsi Monetary Bureau was founded in the 33rd year of Kuang Hsu (1907).
As indicated on the obverse, since using sycee in trade often gave rise to various disputes relating to insufficint fineness or weighing scale, this sycee note was issued to facilitate daily transactions. For a payment of an amount greater than 10 taels, it was requested to be done by bank transfer, rather than actual cash silver payment; and for a payment in an amount smaller than 10 taels, it was to be paid by cash coins, based on then current exchange rate between cash coins and silver tael.
Sn/6 Hu Bu (Board of Revenue) Official Note
Denoted Three Tael of Sufficiently Pure Silver in the "Zsun Er Liang" Scale
Dated The 11th Day, the 5th Month, the 4th Year of Hsien Feng (1854)
Various signatures on the reverse were the endorsement by its bearers for conveyance.
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