Chine. Tea Money 1950-1977 (Sans prix de réserve)





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Brique de thé vintage (monnaie à thé) de Chine, produite vers avril 1953–1977 par l’usine de briques de thé Zhaoliqiao pour China Tea Company; avers: 5 étoiles au-dessus d’un bâtiment chinois Pailou et inscriptions China Tea Company et Made in Zhaoliqiao Tea Brick Factory, revers: 16 carrés pré-découpés avec des nœuds de chance chinois; dimensions 24 × 19 × 2 cm, poids 1,137 kg, très bon état.
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Pain de thé vintage (argent du thé) 茶砖 late 1950s-1977 'Zhaoliqiao Tea Brick Factory' China Tea Company
Obverse: 5 stars above; Chinese Pailou building in the center; China Tea Company (中國茶葉公司), Made in Zhaoliqiao Tea Brick Factory (趙李橋磚茶廠製造).
Reverse: 16 pre-cut Bar with Chinese Luck knots.
Produce Period: ca. April 1953 -1977.
Size: 24 x 19 x 2 cm
Weight: 1,137 kg.
Production place: Zhaoliqiao Town, Hubei Province, China
Very good condition.
Tea bricks have been used as a means of currency from the 9th to 20th century in China, Mongolia, Tibet, Central Asia and Russia. The bricks were mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan provinces, southern of China. They were made in various forms and sizes and transported by yaks or camels caravans. Being compact, easy to preserve, and to carry, tea bricks are a practical means of payment used even to make a trade with people from other regions.
This tea brick in the photo, on its reverse pre-cut like a chocolate bar in sixteen equivalent squares bearing the same curved lines. This procedure makes it easier to cut off the brick into smaller pieces as a form of currency.
Pain de thé vintage (argent du thé) 茶砖 late 1950s-1977 'Zhaoliqiao Tea Brick Factory' China Tea Company
Obverse: 5 stars above; Chinese Pailou building in the center; China Tea Company (中國茶葉公司), Made in Zhaoliqiao Tea Brick Factory (趙李橋磚茶廠製造).
Reverse: 16 pre-cut Bar with Chinese Luck knots.
Produce Period: ca. April 1953 -1977.
Size: 24 x 19 x 2 cm
Weight: 1,137 kg.
Production place: Zhaoliqiao Town, Hubei Province, China
Very good condition.
Tea bricks have been used as a means of currency from the 9th to 20th century in China, Mongolia, Tibet, Central Asia and Russia. The bricks were mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan provinces, southern of China. They were made in various forms and sizes and transported by yaks or camels caravans. Being compact, easy to preserve, and to carry, tea bricks are a practical means of payment used even to make a trade with people from other regions.
This tea brick in the photo, on its reverse pre-cut like a chocolate bar in sixteen equivalent squares bearing the same curved lines. This procedure makes it easier to cut off the brick into smaller pieces as a form of currency.

