Indo Chinese Bar Shaped Silver Sycee (10 Lang / Tael)

 Indo Chinese Bar Shaped Silver Sycee (10 Lang / Tael)

The bar measures 115 mm in length and weighs 383 grams. It is made from virtually pure silver.

According to an internet source …

“Silver sycee is silver money made in the form of ingots, which we usually refer to be used during the imperial period of China. Silver sycee have a very long history in China. The earliest unearthed silver sycee are those cast in 148 BC. Since the Ming Dynasty, it began to circulate in China on a large scale, and in the Qing Dynasty reached an unprecedented peak. It was not until the then Chinese government announced a decree in 1934 that silver sycee began to gradually withdraw from the currency circulation”.

According to another source…

“These bullion bars were made from the early 1800s reportedly through World War II. Cast mainly from Spanish American 8 Reales, Indian Rupees, and French Indochina Piastres they assay consistently .991 fine. Weights generally range 370-385 grams with a likely standard of 380. They were made by bankers (silver merchants); when presented to government officials for testing, a fee was paid plus three other "verification stamps" were added. Bars later presented in payment of a standard 10 Lang tax were stamped on obverse (concave side) with three panels of two characters each, giving the reign title, date, and province respectively, with a fourth Noi Te if paid at the Capital. Bars with these ‘royal stamps’ are scarce”.

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