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The common types of silver ingots in the Qing Dynasty were fifty taels, ten taels, fifty taels, one or two taels, etc. The fifty taels of silver ingots were generally cast by officials to release the national treasury, and there were also privately cast ones, which were relatively rare. Ten liang and five liang silver ingots are divided into official ingots and private ingots, with different uses. One or two or less are generally wordless broken silver, such as Yunnan's hen lesson and Guizhou's disc ingot, which are mostly used for small payments or cutting and weighing. Silver ingots were cast in various provinces in the Qing Dynasty, with different names, such as Hebei Tifose, Shandong Qianliang Xiaobao, Eastern Three Provinces Big Wings, Henan Waist Ingots, Shaanxi Channel Ingots, Gansu Peanut Ingots, Zhejiang Siyuan, Jiangxi Fangbao, Hunan Guibao, Sichuan Yuanwan, Guangdong Farma, Guizhou Camellia, and Yunnan memorial archway Ingots. This item is well preserved and has extremely high historical significance and collection value!