Qing Zhejiang "Zhejiang Customs thirty years auspicious word" fifty-two round ingot one, weight: 206.4g, the word stamp is clear, the word mouth is deep, excellent condition, well-preserved, the Qing Dynasty customs ingot and Zhejiang silver ingot great reputation, very rare, very beautiful product Zhejiang Customs is the earliest modern customs functional organization in China, and also one of the four customs (Jiang Customs, Zhejiang Customs, Min Customs and Guangdong Customs) in old China at that time. Ningbo has a long history of foreign trade and has been an important port of foreign trade and personnel exchange since the Tang and Song dynasties. For effective management, since the Northern Song Dynasty, successive dynasties have set up relevant functional institutions in Ningbo. In the Song Dynasty, it was called Mingzhou Ship Department, in the Yuan Dynasty, it was called Qingyuan Ship Department, and in the Ming Dynasty, it was called ship lifting department. In 1684, in the twenty-third year of Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1684), the "Supervision of Zhejiang Customs" (hereinafter referred to as "Zhejiang Customs") was set up in Ningbo to govern the coast of Zhejiang province and the hinterland of the river. At the beginning of the establishment by Zhejiang governor management, entrusted Ningshao Road supervision, special collection of maritime cargo tax. Tax is levied in Daguan, ancient kiln, Xiaogang, Hutou Du, Xiangshan, Lihai, Zhapu, Jiazikou, Jiangbu, Baiqiao, Wenzhou, Ruian, Pingyang and other tax outlets. The annual levy is 35,908 liang of silver, and the surplus is 44,000 liang of silver. Where the merchant ship exports and imports, each cargo according to the catty, according to the lot of taxes, according to the individual, piece, deputy, only, bar, handle, cylinder, block, according to its goods respectively. In the thirty-fourth year of the Reign of Emperor Kangxi (1695), the Zhejiang Customs Office was set up in Ningbo and Dinghai to supervise the exchanges and patrols. In the twenty-second year of Qianlong's reign (1757), Zhejiang Customs stopped collecting taxes, and all seaborne ships stopped at Guangzhou to collect taxes by Guangdong Customs. After the Opium War, the Qing government was forced to open five ports for trade. In the 22nd year of Daoguang (1842), Zhejiang Customs Office was set up in Ningbo. In the eleventh year of Xianfeng (1861), he hired foreigners as the tax department, which was supervised by Ningshao Tai Road. From then on, the Zhejiang Sea Pass became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal customs until the liberation of Ningbo in 1949.Chinese ancient coins - silver coins - cast silver coins