Yunnan Single Groove Official or Tax Silver #1
No.
Ysg/1
Weight: 150 grams/4 taels
Date: 1851 A.D.
Inscriptions: 咸豐元年
Hsien Feng 1st Year
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Ysg/2
Weight: 66 grams/1.9 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 大理府
Da Li Prefecture
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Ysg/3
Weight: 50 grams/1.4 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 公用之物
Publicly Used Matter
Notes:
Beginning in the Sung Dynasty, some officials had imposed a duty on taxpayers in the name of "publicly used money". This was as a financial aid to support their administrative operations. This piece is estimated one of this kind cast in Yunnan during the Ching Dynasty (1642-1911).
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Ysg/7
Weight: 113 grams/1.4 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 白鹽井課
White Salt Well (District) Tax (Silver)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Ysg/8
Weight: 3 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 戊申年分
Fiscal Year Wu Shen (Tao Kuang 28th Year)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Ysg/11
Weight: 82 grams/2.2 taels
Date: 1834 A.D.
Inscriptions: 道光拾肆年
Tao Kuang 14th Year
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Ysg/12
Weight: 20 grams/4 maces
Date: 1857 A.D.
Inscriptions: 咸豐柒年
Hsien Feng 7th Year
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Ysg/13
Weight: 105 grams/3 taels
Date: N/A.
Inscriptions: 三年
The 3rd Year
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Ysg/17
Weight: 99 grams/2.7 taels
Date: 1885 A.D.
Inscriptions: 光緒十一年/含萬
Kuang Hsu 11th Year Han Wan (The smith)
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Ysg/20
Weight: 104 grams/3- taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 昭通府
Zhao Tung Prefecture
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
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