拍品描述： 咸丰六年足纹银饼。正面：“咸丰六年、上海县号、商经正记、足纹银饼”，背面：“朱源裕监、倾曹平实、重一两银、匠丰年造”。罕见版别，从未经手如此诱人无瑕的一枚。 咸丰年间因太平天国事件物价飞扬造成囤积白银。此时上海地区通行之西班牙本洋银元兑价高涨。1856年上海道委託王永盛、经正记及郁森盛三家商号铸造一两与五钱银饼以抵制本洋。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，使这项举动在六个月左右就结束。上海银饼系列是第一种在中国制造的银两币，具有重大的历史意义。

CHINA. Shanghai. Chin Cheng Chee Silver Tael, Year 6 (1856). PCGS AU-55 Gold Shield.L&M-590; K-903; WS-1123. Obverse: "Cake (of) standard silver (from the) business firm (of) Chin Cheng Chee (in the) Shanghai district (in the) 6th year (of Emperor) Hsien Feng [1856];" Reverse: "Made (by) Feng Nien, silversmith; Supervised (by) Chow Yuen Yu. Exact weight one Tsaoping Tael." A VERY RARE and intriguing issue, almost never encountered so pleasing and problem free.Hyper-inflation caused by the Tai Ping Rebellion led to the hoarding of silver. At this time, foreign coins namely Spanish eight 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 combined 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.