Seldom Encountered Military Ration Dollars
CHINA. Taiwan. Military Ration Dollar, ND (1836). NGC VF-35.
L&M-310; K-7; cf.WS-0994. An EXTREMELY RARE and unusual issue. Obverse: Two Chinese characters at top, signature below flanked by 4-petal rosettes on either side, also by two small official chopmarks "Chang" and "Xie"; Reverse: Four Chinese characters, the bottom two flanked by 4-petal rosettes. The coin edge exhibits a security device of circles and rectangles, remarkably similar to that seen on Spanish Colonial Portrait Reales. A wholesome dollar with some uneven wear but exhibiting a minimum of field marks and endowed with a pervasive and even dark gray tone. For the majority of the nineteenth century, Taiwan remained under the control of the Qing court as part of Fukien province. During this time Taiwan saw great civil unrest, with regular occurring rebellions and riots. This period evoked the common saying "every three years an uprising; every five years a rebellion". These military ration dollars were struck during one such rebellion in the sixteenth year of Tao Kuang (1836). Five years after it began the rebellion was quelled in the 21st year of Tao Kuang (1840) at a total cost of nearly 100,000 Taels.
Estimate: $12000.00- $16000.00

珍罕的福建漳州軍餉銀餅
台灣軍餉銀餅。
極罕 ，非同尋常的版別。正面頂部有"軍餉"二字，底下落款兩側有四瓣小花及兩枚官印"昌"、"協"。反面"足紋通行"，底下兩側有四瓣小花。幣邊有圓形及長方形組成的保險齒邊，與西班牙本洋類同。品相完整，磨損不均，底板留痕極少，均勻的深灰色包漿。 19世紀大半時間台灣隸屬福建省，由清政府管治。當時大小叛亂事件頻生，因而有"三年一小反，五年一大亂"之說。此軍餉銀餅是道光十六年(1836年)發生動亂時所製，這次事件歷經五年，終在道光二十一年(1840年)平息，耗費近十萬兩銀。 On September 1, 2019, the United States enacted new tariffs on collector's items manufactured in China. Accordingly, all buyers in forthcoming Stack's Bowers and Ponterio Hong Kong Auctions who wish to have any Chinese manufactured item delivered within the United States will be subject to these tariffs. Furthermore, as a result of the new tariffs, all orders will be shipped directly from our Hong Kong offices and shipments to the United States will be subject to our international shipping chart.