EVOLUTION OF SILVER - FROM SYCEE TO SILVER DOLLAR

This was the title of a Zhejiang Provincial Museum (浙江省博物馆) exhibition from 2 March to 2 April 2016. It was the 14th in a series of exhibitionsdrawing on private collections. The China Numismatic Society's Special Committee on Gold and Silver Money brought together over 530 pieces from more than 30 collectors of gold and silver money inmainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. The exhibition was arranged chronologically, showing the evolution from early silver ingots to machine-struck silver coins. The expert on Chinese silverand gold ingots at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum is Ms Li Xiaoping 李晓萍. A beautiful catalogue was produced.

Catalogue: 2016。ISBN 978-7-5010-4491-7 [Zhejiang Provincial Museum (ed.): Evolution of Silver - from Sycee to Silver Dollar (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 2016)] The followinginformation is taken from the Zhejiang Provincial Museum website:

The following photographs of the exhibition are taken from the Zhejiang Provincial Museum

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