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<p>[QUOTE="britannia40, post: 2242976, member: 74818"]In the last 5 month I started collecting Chinese coins for my daughter. I think like 2 months ago I came across my first sycee and was bit by them as far as wanting several varieties. Its hard to find them those are authentic and then further that are cheap enough not to cost a house payment. I so far have obtained the following 3 they are fairly small. Keep in mind the information I have below is from various sources and friends I have in China.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442656[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>#1 is 43.4 Grams and equivalent to about 1 tael. It is the standard boat style. the Chinese words =Quangxi Emperor</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442646[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442647[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442648[/ATTACH]</p><p>#2 is 47.4 Grams and a round bowl style, It has one Chinese word in the old days meant money. this is more of a private stock.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442652[/ATTACH]</p><p>#3 is 72.7grams and a saddle style. Its Government Tax Fund. from my understanding the government would take the tax money and put them into these for emergency use like war and such.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442650[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442655[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="britannia40, post: 2242976, member: 74818"]In the last 5 month I started collecting Chinese coins for my daughter. I think like 2 months ago I came across my first sycee and was bit by them as far as wanting several varieties. Its hard to find them those are authentic and then further that are cheap enough not to cost a house payment. I so far have obtained the following 3 they are fairly small. Keep in mind the information I have below is from various sources and friends I have in China. [ATTACH=full]442656[/ATTACH] #1 is 43.4 Grams and equivalent to about 1 tael. It is the standard boat style. the Chinese words =Quangxi Emperor [ATTACH=full]442646[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442647[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442648[/ATTACH] #2 is 47.4 Grams and a round bowl style, It has one Chinese word in the old days meant money. this is more of a private stock. [ATTACH=full]442653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442652[/ATTACH] #3 is 72.7grams and a saddle style. Its Government Tax Fund. from my understanding the government would take the tax money and put them into these for emergency use like war and such. [ATTACH=full]442651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442650[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442655[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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