That Portuguese 200 Escudos is a beautiful proof coin! That's one to be proud of! Then you add on the pendant and bill both with more ships, so cool! The pendant is pretty, a nice piece of silver loot! It would be fun for you to explore those Asian roots and travel over there. I've never been but Macau is supposed to be beautiful. They only have until 2049 before the CCP takes full control of the government though, that was a very interesting factoid that I didn't know. Thanks!
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I believe I have time to visit Macau, Singapore and Hong Kong by then. I know I have some distant relatives that are hopefully still there and I have a few clues to follow. I’ve been picking up Chinese silver in various forms and it’s been fun exploring the role of silver as money my ancestors went about doing their daily business. This latest coin represents one chapter in the economic history of this region. The most interesting period would be 1805 - 1810 the time of the Pirate Queen Ching Shih.
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Very cool! I hope you do get the chance to visit and explore. The Pirate Queen did very well for herself, she commanded a huge fleet at the height of her career. Do you have any silver from the region in that date range?
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That would be a challenge to find anything attributable to Ching Shih. Finding something from that Era wouldn't be too difficult since what coinage that circulated at the time are by far are the bronze cast coins usually small denomination used in daily every day commerce. And the majority of Booty taken in by the Red Flag fleet are in the form of goods and commodities. Seldom silver that were most often on Ming warships and trade ships.
I have managed to piece together a small collection of Chinese silver. A modern replica Sycee at the top left, Center; unknown vintage? silver Sycee needing further investigation.
I imagine anything directly tied to her would be outlandishly expensive. The one in the center there is really cool, if you figure out the vintage let me know!
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