拍品描述： 咸丰六年商王永盛匠万全造上海银饼。(珍稀度★★)。咸丰六年商王永盛匠万全造上海银饼。正面为足纹银饼/商王永盛/上海县号/咸丰六年。匠万全造/重壹两银/倾曹平实/朱源裕监。光泽充沛，铸打均匀。品相俊俏。经手痕迹极少，保留原厂美感。品相超群的一枚，几乎无可匹敌。<em>太平天国运动后，严重的通货膨胀导致囤银成风。这一时期，反而是西班牙8里亚尔银币在上海流通，俨然是民间的稳定货币。1856年，上海当局授权银匠铸造钱币以试图取替西班牙8雷阿尔银币。王永盛、经正记及郁森盛三家商号获批准铸造壹两与五钱银饼。但因每月只能生产三千枚，远不足敷用，加上大量仿造伪品横行，导致此币种仅流通半年左右便告结束。中国壹两银币由上海始造，因此这是意义重大的一枚。</em>CHINA. Shanghai. Tael, Year 6 (1856). Hsien-feng (Xianfeng). NGC AU-55.L&M-589; K-900 (type A); WS-1122; Wenchao-383 (rarity: ★★). Issued by Wang Yung Sheng and engraved by Wan Chaun. Obverse: Cake (of) standard silver (from the) business firm (of) Wang Yung Sheng (in the) Shanghai district (in the) 6th year (of Emperor) Hsien Feng; Reverse: Made (by) Wan Chuan, silversmith; Supervised (by) Chow Yuen Yu. Exact weight one Tsaoping Tael. An extremely pleasing and appealing specimen, this handsome example delivers a rich luster and evenly executed strike. Very limited instances of handling are seen, with this piece retaining much as made beauty. A most outstanding example of the type, and a piece that would be hard to exceed for the collector seeking to add this type to their holdings.<em>Hyper-inflation caused by the Tai Ping Rebellion led to the hoarding of silver. At this time, foreign coins, namely Spanish 8 Reales, circulated in Shanghai at a considerable premium. In 1856, the Shanghai authorities authorized silversmiths to issue coinage in an attempt to replace the Spanish 8 Reales. The firms Wong Yung Sheng, Ching Cheng Chee, and Yu Shen Sheng were granted permission to issue coinage in the denominations of One Tael and 5 Mace. This was a short-lived coinage, as the monthly output was only about 3,000 pieces and was not large enough to meet the demand. This aspect, along with the large number of forgeries entering circulation, doomed the project to a short period of only about six months. Extremely significant as the Shanghai series represents the first Tael coinage produced in China.</em>