Catalogue of
Yunnan Historical Silver Ingots

May 1999
News on Publication

      Catalogue of Yunnan Historical Silver Ingots by Stephen Tai is going to be published at the end of June, 1999. This book with full texts written in Chinese/English bilingual, provides a general history, as well as detail classification and rarity indicator on each and every Yunnan silver sycee families:

  • Horse Hoof Silver as of Late Ming to Early Ching
  • Various Groovy Silver in the first part of Ching Dynasty
  • Saddle Silver in different categories since Mid Kuang Hsu Period
  • Special Specimens and Other Silver Ingots cast and circulated in historical Yunnan

      Other information in related:

  • Pages - 148, including 16 in color, 132 in B/W
  • Size - A4 (21.00 x 29.70 cm)
  • Pictures - about 200 specimens illustrated
  • Issue - 500 copies

      Price - 40 USD.

      Any reader of Chinese Coinage who is interested in subscribing this book, may contact Stephen Tai for reservation.


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      Legendary Currency in Late Ching Dynasty - A Study on Yunnan Pai-Fang-Ding (Saddle Money) - the abstract of the previouse book of Stephen Tai.