Tael (/ˈteɪl/), also known as the tahil and by other names, can refer to any one of several weight measures used in East and Southeast Asia. It usually...
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Look up tael in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tael refers to several weight measures of the Far East. Tael may also refer to: A character in The Legend...
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Eight Taels of Gold (Chinese: 八兩金) is a 1989 Hong Kong drama film directed by Mabel Cheung. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best...
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Ants Tael (born 19 July 1936 in Tallinn) is an Estonian dancer and dance pedagogue. He has been a member of the jury in television series Tantsud tähtedega...
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Kaja Tael (born 24 June 1960) is an Estonian philologist, translator, and diplomat. She is a former Estonian ambassador to the United Kingdom and to Germany...
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Paper money of the Qing dynasty (section List of banknotes denominated in silver taels issued during the Xianfeng era)
was denominated in tael, known as the yinliang piao (銀兩票), and had denominations of 1 tael, 5 taels, 10 taels, 50 taels, and 100 taels. The other series...
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is the official rate of taels in mainland China since the country implemented the metric system. In Taiwan and Hong Kong, a tael is equivalent to 37.429...
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silver, and 1000 lí of silver would be 1 tael (两), thus one string of 1000 bronze cash coins equated to a single tael of silver. The Shunzhi Emperor created...
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Hubu Guanpiao (section List of banknotes denominated in silver taels issued during the Xianfeng era)
Hubu Guanpiao were issued in the denominations of 1 tael, 3 taels, 5 taels, 10 taels, and 50 taels. Despite their face value, the Ministry of Revenue prohibited...
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as a currency denomination. It is equal to 10 candareens and is 1⁄10 of a tael or approximately 3.78 grams. A troy mace is approximately 3.7429 grams. In...
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indemnity or tribute of 100,000 tael of silver and 200,000 bolts of silk. This was the first time bulk silver in tael (Chinese: 銀兩) was used as indemnity...
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wearing a mysterious mask and his two fairy companions, the siblings Tatl and Tael. They steal both his horse, Epona, and the Ocarina of Time. Link pursues...
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The Talmud (/ˈtɑːlmʊd, -məd, ˈtæl-/; Hebrew: תַּלְמוּד, romanized: Talmūḏ, lit. 'teaching') is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source...
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early 19th century from 36,106,483 taels in 1725 to 43,343,978 taels in 1812 before declining to 38,600,570 taels in 1841, the land tax was the principal...
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1878 painting by Gabriel Max. Pronunciation English: /təˈliː.θə/, English: /ˈtæl.ɪ.θə/, English: /ˈtɑːlˌiː.tɑː/ Gender female Origin Word/name Aramaic Meaning...
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purity of the silver and evaluated the weight in taels and the progressive decimal subdivisions of the tael (mace, candareen, and cash). In present-day China...
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been produced in the three-year period from 1619 to 1622. With 21,188,366 taels, the Ming manufactured 25,134 cannons, 8,252 small guns, 6,425 muskets,...
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momme is typically abbreviated as mo. The Japanese form of the Chinese tael was the ryō (両). It was customarily reckoned as around 4 or 10 momme but...
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during the reign of Bogd Khan. The baron drew an annual income of 3,500 taels of silver and 60 rolls of silk. The following six titles were the same as...
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groceries. Related units include the picul, equal to 100 catties, and the tael, which is 1⁄16 of a catty. A stone is a former unit used in Hong Kong equal...
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based on the yen. The ryō was originally a unit of weight from China, the tael. It came into use in Japan during the Kamakura period. By the Azuchi–Momoyama...
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silver ingots called sycees. The sycees were denominated in tael. The yuan was valued at 0.72 tael, (or 7 mace and 2 candareens). Banknotes were issued in...
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unit was a tael, a measurement of weight with several different definitions. These included customs taels (for foreign trade) and cotton taels (for cotton...
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offer a reward of 50,000 silver tael to arrest alive Chen and death 25,000 tael (then a soldier salary was 2 silver tael one month). Battle of Shanghai...
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180-260 taels for a battalion commander, 58-64 taels for a company commander, 25 taels for Lieutenants, 5.1 taels for sergeants, 4.8 taels for corporals...
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only increased from 36,100,000 taels in 1725 to 43,300,000 taels in 1812 before actually declining to 38,600,000 taels in 1841. In a similar period of...
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catty being 500 grams, would become divided into 10 (new) taels, instead of 16 (old) taels, to be converted from province to province, while exempting...
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815 sq mi) 1946 9,665,354 km2 (3,731,814 sq mi) Currency Silver Dragon, tael (to 1935) Customs gold unit (1930–1948 in mainland) Gold yuan (1948–1949;...
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Emperor. In 1746, Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared a dowry worth of 2500 taels, and in April 1747, she married the Mongolian prince Septeng Baljur of the...
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stamp cards"). Money portal Numismatics portal Taiwan portal Meiji Tsuho Tael New Taiwan Dollar Yuan Old Taiwan dollar History of Taiwan History of the...
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