China & Tibet
Lot 1142 SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 23RD NOV) China & Tibet
Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,600
CHINA, Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911), silver drum shaped sycee ingot, Szechuen Province pure silver ingot, ten taels or 9.5 ounce local tax ingot type (339 g.), with one block of Chinese characters, "Fu Shun Xian" meaning (Fushun County) no year noted, also with additional incuse character, (cf.Cribb type XL.479 (cf.Pl.48) for similar size and characters). Very fine and rare.
Similar examples in Noble Numismatics in sale 127 (lot 2962 and 2963) realised $2100 and $2200 respectively,
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