拍品描述： 福建省造漳州军饷足纹通行大字 NGC VF 35

台湾军饷银饼。 极罕，非同寻常的版别。正面顶部有"军饷"二字，底下落款两侧有四瓣小花及两枚官印"昌"、"协"。反面"足纹通行"，底下两侧有四瓣小花。币边有圆形及长方形组成的保险齿边，与西班牙本洋类同。品相完整，磨损不均，底板留痕极少，均匀的深灰色包浆。19世纪大半时间台湾隶属福建省，由清政府管治。当时大小叛乱事件频生，因而有"三年一小反，五年一大乱"之说。此军饷银饼是道光十六年(1836年)发生动乱时所制，这次事件历经五年，终在道光二十一年(1840年)平息，耗费近十万两银。

CHINA. Taiwan. Military Ration Dollar, ND (1836). NGC VF-35. L&M-310; K-7; cf.WS-0994. An EXTREMELY RARE and unusual issue. Obverse: Two Chinese characters at top, signature below flanked by 4-petal rosettes on either side, also by two small official chopmarks "Chang" and "Xie"; Reverse: Four Chinese characters, the bottom two flanked by 4-petal rosettes. The coin edge exhibits a security device of circles and rectangles, remarkably similar to that seen on Spanish Colonial Portrait Reales.

A wholesome dollar with some uneven wear but exhibiting a minimum of field marks and endowed with a pervasive and even dark gray tone.For the majority of the nineteenth century, Taiwan remained under the control of the Qing court as part of Fukien province. During this time Taiwan saw great civil unrest, with regular occurring rebellions and riots. This period evoked the common saying "every three years an uprising; every five years a rebellion". These military ration dollars were struck during one such rebellion in the sixteenth year of Tao Kuang (1836). Five years after it began the rebellion was quelled in the 21st year of Tao Kuang (1840) at a total cost of nearly 100,000 Taels.

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