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50 Tael - Zhiyuan Yuanbao, 13 stamps
| Issuer | Empire of China |
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| Year | 1277 |
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| Weight | 1894 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 扬州 行中书省 庚字号 口口销铸官刘痎 销银官王瑛 银匠侯君用 至元十四年 银匠杜元亮口 库官孟痎 拾成色 重伍拾两 口银掌事袁业 口银库三宝合口 (Translation: 1. Yangzhou (mint) 2. Salt market (tax) 3/4. Sales and Casting official Liu Yi 5. Sales official Wang Ying 6. Silversmith Hou Junyong 7. Year 14 of Zhiyuan (2nd era of Kublai Khan, 1264-1294) 8. Silversmith Du Yuanliang 9. Treasury official Meng Gui 10. Purity level 10 11. Weight of 50 Taels 12. Silver chief Yuan Ye 13. Silver treasury 3) |
| Reverse description | Convex reverse of the waisted sycee ingot, displaying the raised two-character legend 元寶 (Yuanbao) cast in bold traditional Chinese regular script (kaishu) positioned centrally within the field. The characters are rendered in high relief against the heavily pitted and bubbled surface texture that is characteristic of cast high-purity silver, with the natural cratering resulting from the cooling process clearly visible across the entire reverse field. The waisted, saddle-shaped silhouette of the ingot is well defined at the flanges. |
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| Mintage | 14 (1277) - 年四十 |
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