Définition

• The name given by foreigners to the Chinese Ch'ien (q.v.) or Tsien, the tenth part of a Tael or Liang. In the modern struck Chinese silver coinage the following pieces bear the name Mace:

  7 Mace 2 Candareens or Dollar (Yuan) 3 Mace 6 Candareens or half Dollar 1 Mace 4.4 Candareens or fifth Dollar

  See Tael and Yuan.

La source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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