Yunnan Triple Groove #2
No.
Ytg/11
Weight: 96 grams/2.6 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 德寶玖捌
Der Bao (Firm) 98 (% of silver fineness)
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Ytg/12
Weight: 5 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 任恆泰號/足色條丁
Zen Heng Tai Firm
Tiao Ding (Land & Poll Tax) in Pure Fineness
Notes:
Collection of Chang Huei Hsin
No.
Ytg/13
Weight: 3.5 taels
Date: 1878 A.D.
Inscriptions: 四年鎔盛市解銀
(Kuang Hsu) 4th Year
Zong Shen (Firm) Marketplace Submittal Silver*
Notes:
"Submittal silver" was a term of praise given to Yunnan sycee by the Chinese in the late Ching Dynasty for their fineness was as good as the tax silver submitted to the imperial government, even though they were not really "submittal tax silver". The true meaning of the inscription should be "A marketplace fine silver".
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Ytg/14
Weight: 154 grams/4.3 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 雷慶泰號/足色解銀
Lei Ching Tai Firm
Submittal Silver in Sufficient Purity
Notes:
Symbol on the back: Double cash
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Ytg/15
Weight: 100 grams/3- taels
Date: 1876 A.D.
Inscriptions: 光緒二年/萬森字號
Wan Shen Firm
Kuang Hsu 2nd Year
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Ytg/16
Weight: 116 grams/3.2 taels
Date: 1878 A.D.
Inscriptions: 光緒四年/寶銓字號
Bao Chuan Firm
Kuang Hsu 4th Year
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Ytg/17
Weight: 194 grams/5+ taels
Date: 1882 A.D.
Inscriptions: 光緒捌年/寶銓紋銀
Bao Chuan (Firm) Fine Silver
Kuang Hsu 8th Year
Notes:
This specimen was cast 2 years before the circulation of the first Saddle Sycee. The weight and appearance of this piece are exactly the same as of a Saddle Sycee, except for the lack of assaying stamps. Obviously, in 1882, this Triple Groove would have been transformed into Saddle Sycee, if the relevant assaying system had been established.
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Ytg/18
Weight: 147 grams/4 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 黑井袁劉祥
Black (Salt) Well (District) Yuan Liu Hsiang (The smith)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Ytg/19
Weight: 103 grams/3- taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 榮盛字號
Zong Shen Firm
Counterstamp: 解錠
Submittal Silver
Notes:
This is a scarce type of Triple Groove, with one horizontal stamp and two vertical stamps. The vertical stamps were heavily punched, and as a result the lower part of the silver ingot was flattened and enlarged. This type of sycee was mainly circulated in Kunmin and center Yunnan from the beginning of the Hsieng Feng period (1851-1861) until the early years of Kuang Hsu (1875-1908).
Most of the specimens of this type of sycee offered for sale over the last several years are counterfeited.
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Ytg/20
Weight: 172 grams/5- taels
Date: 1845 A.D.
Inscriptions: 道光二十五年
The 25th Year of Tao Kuang
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
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