A GROUP OF 11 SILVER BARS

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Schätzpreis:

5.500 €

Description:

China and Vietnam, Qing dynasty and early 20th c.
L. 6,5 - 11,6 cm
Two large silver bars (10 taels), Vietnam, Nguyen dynasty, 19th ct to early republic period, these were in circulation on the Chinese and Vietnamese borders. Weight: 379 gr., Gia Long (1802-1819); 385 gr. Tu Duc (1848-1883). Nine saddle-shaped Yunnan silver bars (5 taels), China, Qing dynasty. Weight: 167-203 gr. Various minting authorities: Chen Yuanchang, Chen Yuanmao, Chen Tongshun, Tong Xingchen, Dai Tianyuan, Wang Yufeng, Fu Xingqing and others.
From an old German private collection, collected before 1990
Minor traces of age, partly chipped

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