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Definition of Sycee

Sycee
Sycee Sy*cee", n. [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 most common weight is about one pound troy. [China] --McElrath.

Meaning of Sycee from wikipedia

- A sycee (/ˈsaɪsiː, saɪˈsiː/; from Cantonese 細絲, Jyutping: Sai3 Si1, lit. 'fine silk') or yuanbao (traditional Chinese: 元寶; simplified Chinese: 元宝; pinyin:...
- skin, a typical shape of copper ingots from these times. Molds for Chinese sycee, a form of silver and gold ingots used as currency under the empire. Lead...
- unit of weight and, by extension, a currency. Traditional Chinese silver sycees and other currencies of fine metals were not denominated or made by a central...
- Sycee-shaped incense used in feng s****...
- dime). It replaced copper cash and various silver ingots called sycees. The sycees were denominated in tael. The yuan was valued at 0.72 tael, (or 7...
- City (銀城 POJ: Gûn-siâⁿ pinyin: Yínchéng) because the old city resembled a sycee in plan view. Tong’an District administers two subdistricts: Datong and...
- Yambu may refer to: Yanbu Sycee, Chinese silver ingots, also known as yambu Yambú, a form of Cuban rumba This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated...
- Spade money Imperial Cash coins Strings Ban Liang Wu Zhu Kaiyuan Tongbao Sycee Flying cash Jiaozi Guanzi ****zi Jiaochao Great Ming Treasure Note Great...
- Palladium coin Platinum coin – Form of currency Silver coin – Form of coinage Sycee – Former Chinese ingot currency "Gold coins – A Brief History". "Monetary...
- the northern provinces. Their resemblance to the gold and silver ingots (sycee) used in Imperial China has meant that they symbolize wealth and good fortune...