Sycee

(t) CHINA. Zhejiang Yuanbing. Provincial Dollar Cakes. Silver 0.65 Tael Ingot, ND. Graded "XF" by Zhong Qian Ping Ji Grading Company.

BMC-Class LXXVII Group B # 1064 (this piece cited). Weight: 24.0 gms. Top: "Bai Fu" (100 Blessings), Right: "Kai Hua" (Kaihua county), Left: "Xing Cheng" (name: Xing Cheng). This nicely preserved survivor displays attractive rich gray cabinet patina with decently applied stamps, though a couple of areas of weakness are noticed on portions of the characters. This seldom encountered type is sure to be a welcome addition to the next collection it enters. According to Joe Cribb author of "A catalogue of Sycee in the British Museum", he speculates that the ingots of Group B were official gifts from county magistrates to their superiors as each example known to him had an added good luck motto.

Ex: Hans M.F. Schulman (9/73) # 802.

Estimate: $ 700.00 - 1000.00

浙江蛋糕型0.65兩圓錠。

重24.0克。頂"百福"，右"開化"，左"性誠"。保存良好，醇厚的窯藏包漿，戳記壓印頗佳，僅有幾處字形稍弱。罕見的版別，定能豐富集藏的一枚。據《大英博物館銀錠目錄》的作者 Joe Cribb 推測，乙組銀錠應是縣令贈予上級的禮物。因他所見的每一枚都打上祝福語。