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Sycee
Sycee Sy*cee", n. [Said to be from a Chinese word, se-tze or
se-sze, meaning, fine silk, and to be so called because if
pure it may be drawn out into fine threads.]
Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used
as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy.
[China] --McElrath.
Meaning of Sycees from wikipedia
- type of "quasi-
sycee" and
imprinted with
seals just as
sycees were.
Chinese New Year
sycee decoration Paper yuanbao burned at a
grave Sycee-shaped incense...
- unit of
weight and, by extension, a currency.
Traditional Chinese silver sycees and
other currencies of fine
metals were not
denominated or made by a central...
- dime). It
replaced copper cash and
various silver ingots called sycees. The
sycees were
denominated in tael. The yuan was
valued at 0.72 tael, (or 7...
- • Per
capita 19.8
taels Currency Paper money (1368–1450) Bimetallic:
Copper cashes (in
strings of coin and paper)
Silver taels (in
sycees and by weight)...
-
South Korean won. Originally, the
Chinese had
traded silver in m****
called sycees, and when
Spanish and
Mexican silver coins arrived from the Philippines...
-
Spade money Imperial Cash
coins Strings Ban
Liang Wu Zhu
Kaiyuan Tongbao Sycee Flying cash
Jiaozi Guanzi ****zi
Jiaochao Great Ming
Treasure Note Great...
-
Sycee-shaped
incense used in feng s****...
- skin, a
typical shape of
copper ingots from
these times.
Molds for
Chinese sycee, a form of
silver and gold
ingots used as
currency under the empire. Lead...
-
charms are the
ceremonial ruyi (sceptre), coral, lozenge,
rhinoceros horns,
sycees,
stone chimes, and
flaming pearl.
Eight Treasures charms can alternatively...
- midnight.
Dumplings symbolize wealth because their shape resembles a
Chinese sycee. In the South, it is
customary to make a
glutinous new year cake (niangao)...
