Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
April 2021 Hong Kong Auction 5-8 Apr 2021
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(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.
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