World Silver & Bronze
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Lot 1676 Session 6 (9.30am Wednesday) World Silver & Bronze
Estimate $1,800
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CHINA, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), Jilin Province in Manchuria, large silver sycee big winged ingot, 'Shoe Money' fifty taels or 50 ounce type, of three large one small blocks of stamps, 'Jiang Gao Ming' (name of worker), 'Kuang Hsu san shi yi nina' (31st year of Emperor Kuang Hsu [1905]', 'Kuan Cheng Tong Shun' (Kuan Chen city of Ji Lin', 1905, (1800 grams), (cf.Cribb 16-17 for similar size and province, cf.pl.4-5). Extremely fine and very rare.
Cribb records five examples for similar types to above piece.
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