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See also:TAEL (See also:Malay tail, tahil, See also:weight, probably connected with See also:Hind. See also:Zola, weight) , the name current in See also:European usage for the See also:Chinese Jiang or See also:ounce, the Jiang of See also:fine uncoined See also:silver being the monetary unit throughout the Chinese See also:empire . The See also:tael is not a See also:coin, the only silver currency, apart from imported dollars, being the ingots of silver known as " sycee "; the only other native currency is the See also:copper " See also:cash." As a See also:money of See also:account the tael is divided into to See also:mace (tsien), See also:loo conderin or candereen (fun), boo i . The value varies with the See also:price of silver . The " Haikwan tael," i.e. the See also:custom-See also:house tael, that in which duties are paid to the Imperial Maritime Customs, is a See also:weight of 58โ77 grains See also:Troy, the value of which varies; thus it was reckoned at 3S. d. in 1905, 3s . 32d. in 1906, 3S . 3d. in 1907, and 2S . 8d. in 1908 (see See also:CHINA: ยง See also:Finance) . |
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