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(t) CHINA. Yunnan Yuansi Changyuankezi. Fine Silk Oval Ingots. Silver 2 Tael Ingot, ND. Graded MS 62+ by GBCA Grading Company.

BMC-Class LXXXV. Weight: 76.5 gms. Obverse: "Wang Yuan Liang"; Reverse: "Feng" raised. A bright and lustrous example displaying light attractive mottled patina with a fairly well applied stamp and a nearly complete character on the reverse, though the characters on the obverse are slightly hidden by the patination. A type the seldom appears on the market sure to pique the interest of many collectors. Interesting to note that the reverse exhibits the raised character "Jing", this could only occur if the surface in which the silversmith or merchant who applied this stamp used a mould of some sort to place the ingot on so when the obverse stamp was applied metal would be pushed down into the surface in which is sat.

Estimate: $ 700.00 - 1000.00

清代長元絲圓錁子雲南早期單槽2兩銀錠。

重76.5克。正面"王元亮"；反面凸起"豐"。光澤亮麗，淺色點狀包漿，壓印清晰，反面字體近乎完整。正面字體則稍被包漿遮蓋。市場上鮮有露面的版別，定能吸引藏家關注。反面凸起"豐"頗具趣味。必定是銀匠在鑄造之時，使用模具承載銀錠，打戳記時於正面施力將金屬往下壓，方會出現凸起字樣。