Qing Dynasty. Shaanxi Caoding ("Trough") Sycee of 6 Taels ND (c. 19th Century) Certified XF by HuaXia, cf. Cribb-Class XLII.B.499 (there, with two additional characters). 48x35mm. 208gm. Stamp arranged in two columns, reading (from right to left): "Xi An Shou" (Xi'an Capital) and "Yong Xing Qing" (smith name). A bit unevenly struck, and showing some very minor tooling around a few of the characters, likely to aid legibility in the weaker central regions of the inscription.

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