Old Chinese money

• Fine silk

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A sycee ( or , from Cantonese , sai-sì , . "fine silk ") or yuanbao was a type of silver or gold ingot currency used in imperial China from its founding under the Qin dynasty until the fall of the Qing in the 20th century. Sycee were not made by a central ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An ingot of silver, shaped like a shoe, once used as currency in China.