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Tael Visit from China
| Issuer | Heaton's Mint, Birmingham |
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| Year | 1900 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse lettering | SIR CHIHCHEN LO FENG LUH, K.C.V.O. MINISTER FOR CHINA |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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In 1900, Heaton's Mint struck a small number of these tael-weight pieces as a commercial sample, submitted as part of an ongoing British effort to capture silver coinage contracts from Chinese provincial authorities. The tael was not a standardized unit — it varied in weight between provinces and guilds — so Heaton's was essentially pitching a product to a market that hadn't agreed on its own specifications. No contract followed.