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Auction: CSS112E - China, Hong Kong and World Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 4043

China, Qing Dynasty, boat-shaped silver 5 mace sycee, 1895-1911, stamped 'Hua E Yin Hang' (Russo-Chinese Bank) and 'Ku Ping Wu Qian' (5 mace), also stamped 'Shi Zu' (Pure) on the side. Very Fine, with fairly clear chop marks, a couple of test marks on the left side. While Russo-Chinese Bank (later renamed to Russo-Asiatic Bank after the merger with Banque du Nord) is generally more well known for issuing banknotes, the bank also comissioned local furnaces to forge silver sycees of various denominations as an exchange reserve for the issue of banknotes


清代「華俄銀行 庫平伍錢」小銀錠，重18.47克，側面戳有「十足」，左方有兩處驗銀，VF品相華俄銀行於光緒二十一年成立，宣統二年與法資北方銀行（Banque du Nord）合拼為華俄道勝銀行該行在華開業期間有委託銀爐鑄造銀錠以作為發行鈔票的兌換儲備金

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HK$9,500

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HK$2000