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Sycee
Sy·cee' noun [ 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 m... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/261
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Sycee
• (n.) Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/sycee/
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sycee
(from the article `tael`) ...volume in the 18th and 19th centuries. Bar silver imported into China by the Spaniards and others was remelted and cast into specially shaped ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/197
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Sycee
A sycee was a type of silver or gold ingot currency used in China until the 20th century. The name derives from the Cantonese words meaning "fine silk" (Directly translated:small silk. Presumably, {zh|c=細絲|p=xìsī|cy=saisì}). In North China, the word yuanbao ({zh|t=元寶|s=元宝|p=yuánbǎo... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycee
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Sycee
Sycee (sycee silver) were silver ingots used during the 18th century as a medium of exchange in China. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/JS.HTM
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