Silver Dollars and Taels of China

    This is a small sampling of  the silver dollars of China.

     China's "first" silver dollars were the many foreign struck coins which circulated
in trade with the west. Generally, these were accepted strictly on the basis of weight.

      In the course of commerce, they acquired multiple "chop" marks which are
considered stamps of approval by the various merchants.

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China Empire      Merchant chop marks: 1756 Pullar  Dolllar (scarce)                 \	Mexico 8 R 1853 ZS OM	Japan 1 Yen
K 212 (1907) UNC Obv: Tai-ch’ing Yin-pi Rev: Kuang-hsü Nien-tsao	Y14 (1908) Obv: Tai-ch’ing Yin-pi Rev: Kuang-hsü Nien-tsao	1911 Y31 Dollar
One Tael Silver Tongue 37.55 g Cheong Dhun Silversmith ; Pure Silver Bar Hong Kong l Wynham St. East ex Goodman #2103 6/3/1991	Fantasy ex Goodman #1413 6/3/1991	Old Man Dollar Fantasy
Provinces	Note: "7 Mace and 2 Candareens" is  a decimal expression of weight denoting 0.72 Tael
CHIHLI  Province (1898) Year 24 Y 65.2	(1903) Year 29 Y 73 7 Mace and 2 Candareens	(1907) 33th (error)year  Y 73
(1908) 34th year Y 73	(1908) 34th year Y 73	Formosa "Old Man Dollar"
Hunan Province (1922) Yr 11 Y404 - Flags	Hupeh Province Y 128 Tael	Hupeh Province Y 128 Tael
Hupeh Province Y 131 BU 7 Mace and 2 Candareens	Kansu Province Dollar, Year 3 (1914) Y407	Kashgar KM unlisted (1907) 1 Tael ex Goodman #1693 6/3/1991
Kiangnan Province (1898) Y 145.1	Kiangnan Province (1904) Y 145a.12 7 Mace and 2 Candareens
Kirin Province Y 183.1 (ND) (No rosettes - very rare)	Kirin Province Rev not illustrated in KM (1901) Y 183a	Kwangtung Province Y 206 7 Mace and 2 Candareens
Kweichow Province  Y 428      ‘Auto’	Szechuan - Y 456 Dollar 100 Cash	Yunan  (1908) Y 258 Dollar

	Republic
(1912) Y 319 Sun Yat-Sen	(1912) Y 320 Li Yuan-hung	(1912) Y 321 Li Yuan-hung
	(1916) KM Y322 Yuan Shi-Kai Flying Dragon
"Fat Man" Dollars Y 329	Yr 3 (1914)	Yr 8 (1919)
	Yr 9 (1920)	Yr 10  (1921)
K 676 Pavilion	K678 Tsao Kun	Y 336 Pu Yi
K 683 Tuan Chi-Jui	Y 318 (1927) Memento Sun Yat-Sen	K 609 (1927)   Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum
Y344 - Birds over junk Yr 21	Y345 Yr 22 (1933)	Yr 23 (1934)
WW II  Issues  - Important issues listed in every major catalog of Chinese coins.    "Whether the 3 foregoing coins were sponsored by the Central Government, or by the provincial authoties; or by the commanders in the field,  requires elucidation. Up to now it has not been ascertained where these coins were struck. Perhaps in Kunming, but possibly in Burma." Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins(1963)E. Kann    "#210 and #211 issued supposedly to pay troops operating on the  Yunnan-Burma border and circulated in both Yunnan and Burma. Reeded edge."      Davenport  - Dollars of Africa. Asia and Oceana (1969), "During the WW II Chinese troops stationed in Burma Border together with a number of British and American soldiers. To cope with these special circumstances, the following Tael was minted"  H. Chang  The Silver Dollars and Taels of Chnia (1981)   The specimems in my collection were purchased  in the early 1980's.     BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS!!!	1943 Kann 940 Davenport 211 Chang CH 152 Oka: Yunan Burma 2 Obv: Genuine silver 1 Tael in Burmese and Chinese chracters Rev: "Fu" - large charcater meaning wealth Formerly China Yunan Burma Y 496 Formerly Laos KM 2  Formerly French IndoChina  KM 2 (2006)  French IndoChina  KM A 2 According to Krause (2006), KM-2 was "originally strck in Hanoi under official direction of the Colonial Vichy Finance Department  for payments in the flourishing opium trade in Laos  and Tonkien. The origins of KM-3 remain speculative."	1943 Kann 939 Davenport 210 Chang CH 151 Oka: Yunan Burma 1 Obv: Genuine silver 1 Tael in Burmese and Chinese chracters Rev: Stag's head Formerly China Yunan Burma Y 497 Formerly Laos KM  3.1 Formerly French IndoChina  KM 3 (2006)  French IndoChina  KM A 3
	1949 Dollar	1990 - China Freedom Dollar

Links

http://www.wscoin.com/Info/CollectingChinaDollars.cfm. Introduction to some of the basic types.

CHINESE CURRENCY  from "Tales of old China"