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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2238227, member: 75799&quot;][ATTACH=full]441184[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]441185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]441186[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2.5 tales (96g). High purity silver boat shaped sycee. Posthumous stamp of 光緒元寶 transl. Monetary Treasure of the Guangxu Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Whilst everyone is familiar with the traditional Chinese cast cash coins, silver ingots of high purity silver formed the larger denominational currencies of China during the imperial days up until the very early years of the Republic. Known in the west as Sycees, the terminology was derived from the Cantonese pronunciationmog the word 細絲 which literally meant fine and refined. These are all traded and worth their value in their weight adopting the traditional Chinese measurement system of Taels (roughly 40g) average. Average traded sycees range around 2.5 - 10 tales with the largest ones reaching 50 tales (est 1.8kg). Smaller sycees of 1 tael were used predominantly as gifts or charms stamped with auspicious characters. Most commercial sycees are often stamped with the minters&#039; Mark or seal of verification bearing the assayers&#039; name or business.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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