Chinese Silver Sycee Set

Seal style character Fu - 'luck'
Size 26.4 x 12.2 x 14.2, weight 15.7g (1/2 liang)
Seal style character Shou - 'longevity'
Size 25.2 x 13.0 x 14.9, weight 15.6g (1/2 liang)
Seal style character Lu - 'High post'
Size 27.2 x 12.6 x 14.5, weight 15.5g (1/2 liang)
Seal style character Xi - 'Joy'
Size 25.8 x 12.0 x 14.3, weight 15.5g (1/2 liang)

From right to left reading at the bottom of all samples:
Pang Liang (1/2 liang)
Dung Chang ... Ju Yin - 'Dungchang province, pure silver'
Jiang Xiao Teng - 'foreman Junior Teng'


Characters in circles: ... Fu
Size 32.0 x 17.7 x 15.3, weight 31.4g (1 liang)
Characters in circles: ... ...
Size 32.2 x 17.8 x 15.3, weight 31.3g (1 liang)

From right to left reading at the bottom of both samples:
'One liang'
'Dungchang province, pure silver'
1946 year

From right to left reading inside of both samples (top and bottom rows):
'One liang'
'Dungchang province, pure silver'

From right to left reading at the side of both samples:
Zhao Zai Jin Pao -'Let the wealth grows and treasure comes in the house'. In this particular case the left sign Pao is not relevant to combinations like T'ung Pao, Yuan Pao etc., which by tradition are engraved on coin's legends, that's why it is can not be treated as a coin legend, but must be included in the four-parted benevolent expression.



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