271200. CHINA, silver sycee, 365.2g, 10 taels, oval piaoding "kettle drum" type, Shaanxi & Sichuan, central stamp: silversmith Ceng Shun, 2x side stamps Guang Xu er shi Nian (1894), F $525.00 sold 10/16/2007
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40) CHINA, silver sycee, oval piaoding "kettle drum" type, Shaanxi & Sichuan, 354g, 10 taels, Ji Sheng Yuan (smith name), F-VF $400.00 sold 10/16/2007
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43) CHINA, silver sycee, oval piaoding "kettle drum" type, Shaanxi & Sichuan, 354g, 10 taels, Qing Tai Gen Shi(?) (smith name - worth 10) VF $400.00 sold 10/16/2007
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48) CHINA, silver sycee, oval piaoding "kettle drum" type, 342g, 10 tael, Shaanxi & Sichuan, Yong Chuan (smith name), F $525.00 sold 6/17/2010
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37) CHINA, silver sycee, yaoding waisted type, 172g, 5 tael, unstamped "mirror" top with small chop Heng (permanent), F $190.00 sold 6/8/2010
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15) CHINA, silver sycee, 190g, 5 tael, yaoding waisted type, Honan, Ma Hua Lin, circa 1900, VF $185.00 sold 10/9/2007
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16) CHINA, silver sycee, 154g, 4.5 tael, caoding grooved drum type, Xing(?) Ping Xing / Wang ___(Nai?) Yu, Xing Ping shop / a name ___ pure, probably Shaanxi, c. 1900, 5 clear chars but I can't find one in my dictionaries, and another is sitting on the dimple, VF $210.00 sold 10/9/2008
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17) CHINA, silver sycee, 205g, 5.5 tael, caoding type, 6 characters: ___ ___ ___ / ___ Jiu ___ Cheng, that's #6 & "succeed," 4 character assayer chop, if no one buys it I'll work on the translation again, F $210.00 sold
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11) CHINA, silver sycee, 143g, 4 tael, caoding grooved edge round type, San Sui Di Ding (San Sui County, Shaanxi land tax), crudish stamps, VF $180.00 sold 10/9/2007
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12) CHINA, silver sycee, 194g, 6 tael, caoding, Xi An Xie Yong Xing Chen (Xian city (Shaanxi), from Yongxing Bank), chopped "Shan," crude F $210.00 sold 10/23/2007
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14) CHINA, silver sycee, 141g, 4 tael, caoding, Jiyong (?) Wang Chen (smith's name), part of lip cutely formed into a handle, F+ $185.00 sold 10/23/2007
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271201. CHINA, silver sycee, 133.8g, 3.6 taels, oval piaoding "kettle drum" type, Qianwu Likin (transport tax office, Qianwu, Shaanxi), VF $185.00 sold
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20) CHINA, silver sycee, 178g, 5 tael, caoding, Zhing Yang Yu You (Belongs to Zhing Yang Yu), VF $185.00 sold 10/23/2007
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29) CHINA, silver sycee, caoding grooved drum type, 146g, 4 tael, Tian Bao Yin Ji (Heaven Treasure silver mark), might refer to a place: Tientsin, etc., XF+ $210.00 sold 10/23/2007
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28) CHINA, silver sycee, roughly hemispherical with relatively smooth upper surface, one reference website calls this "mirror" type, ~73g, unstamped, from northern coastal region, "VF" @ $110.00 each
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44) CHINA, silver sycee, 51g, 1.5 taels, roughly hemispherical, smooth upper surface, unstamped, central dimples in center of top and bottom are part of the casting process, from northern coastal region, supplier called it "Ming," $40.00 sold
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9) CHINA, silver sycee, ~55-65g  yuansi or snail shape, "Shan" or Yunnan, @ $85.00 $110.00 each
all pictured specimens are sold.  As of 6/10/2011 new price for remaining unpictured specimens.
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50) CHINA, silver sycee, round & flat “biscuit” type made to compete with chopped coins, 33.4g, 41mm, from Shanghai, aF $65.00 sold 1/22/2009
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51) CHINA, silver sycee, 38.2g, $45.00 sold
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52) CHINA, silver sycee, 37.3g, $45.00 sold 1/22/2009
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6) CHINA, lead sycee, 126g, lump shaped with flat face, 3 characters, 19th c. Hell money, crude F $68.00
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