Unknown Silver World Coin Money What is it and whats it worth????

Here is an old coin that appears to be silver and has Chineese markings on it. IT is apx 110 grams. There is also a piece of paper on the back as pictured. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

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An interesting 19th Century Chinese Sycee, or silver ingot. The weight indicates a 3 tael piece, but the paper label IDs it as being worth 2 liang, the denomination based on the tael weight.

"Tael" was probably the most imprecise weight designator in any language or any time. The precise weight could vary from town to town, and even from commodity to commodity, with taels of rice, silver and stones differing in single communities, according to the discussion in the Standard Catalog of World Coins.

Perhaps manymore will come by and add further details (or possibly corrections).

 

Thanks for the info hontonai. Any idea as to the value?
Thanks again

 

Very hard to say. EBay prices , in completed auctions, are all over the place.

 

The inscription states that it was produced in the second year of the Guang Xu reign of Emperor De Zong which would be the year 1876.

The paper label says "two and a half liang (tael)".

Gary

 

Its a saddle sycee from yunnan province,China.also named "triple groove".

 

Thanks for all of the great info.!!!