“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven
I was going to take a break this week to celebrate the New Year but was reminded of one of the blogging disciplines of perseverance in a recent Ladies of Hive contest prompt. It took a lot of focus, attention, and time over the last week to curate and judge the #ladiesofhive 117th edition contest and I felt quite pleased with the results as I read each post.
If this boosted the morale of some of the ladies, then I’ve successfully accomplished that mission.
I got a busy day so I'll keep this brief.
Now, back to the Silvery treasures.
Nyssacat last year gave me this simple Friend bracelet, not much is known about the brand with the Hallmark illegible. It appears handmade since the stamps are tastefully misaligned for that hand made look. This could use a little polishing.
A Delightful gift! Thank you again @Nyssacat.💋
Next is a ‘Restrike’ blast from the Qin Dynasty past. A modern made traditional Sycee.
Minted for a private enterprise. Brilliant uncirculated, individually sealed, and are meant to be gifts perhaps given to select customers and certainly family members. I just had to pick this one up via Nyssacat from Ben at HK Colonial Coins.
The Sycee ingot has been used as currency since the Qin dynasty up until the end of the Quig dynasty. The sycee were not minted by a central mint but by various smiths in accordance to local trade preferences thus the sycee can vary in sizes, shapes and purity.
Without an empire wide central standard currency, professional Money Handlers are needed to determine the value for business transactions.
In present day Chinese tradition, the Gold Sycee are understood as the prominent symbols of wealth and prosperity portrayed in Lunar New Year festivities.
🏮 Kung Hei Fat Choi! 🎊 Happy Chinese New Year! 🏮
Adding Asian Silver to my Stack for the coming Economic storm!
The #piratesunday tag is the scurvy scheme of Captain @stokjockey for #silvergoldstackers pirates to proudly showcase their shiny booty and plunder for all to see. Landlubbers arrrh… welcomed to participate and be a Pirate at heart so open yer treasure chests an’ show us what booty yea got!
References
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Wiki: Sycee ingot currency.
The background for these photographs is a chart by Rigobert Bonne, a French Cartographer in 1780, Published in “Atlas de Torurtes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dresse pour l’Histoire Philosphique & Politique des Establishments & du Commerce des Europeens dan les Deux Indes” by G.T. Raynad. Size 9 ½ x 16 5/8 inches.
