Four Chinese export silver coin dishes. Four silver trays, e - Lot 82

Four Chinese export silver coin dishes. Four silver trays, each featuring an embossed design based on historical chinese coins. These trays might be crafted from real silver coins that were flattened and repurposed into small dishes, coin designs on the trays: left 1: a depiction of a chinese junk boat, similar to the design found on the 1932 silver junk dollar, which was issued during the republic of china era. Reverse features a portrait of sun yat-sen, with chinese characters around it. This design resembles the sun yat-sen silver dollar from the republic of china era. Left 2: a circular inscription in chinese characters, likely from a republic of china silver coin, possibly a yuan shikai or sun yat-sen coin. Reverse displays a dragon, which is commonly seen on late qing dynasty silver coins, such as the ""dragon dollar"" issued in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Right 3: a wreath surrounding chinese characters, resembling designs from the late qing dynasty or early republic of china silver currency. Reverse features a portrait of yuan shikai, resembling the yuan shikai silver dollar (袁大头, ""yuan big head""), a well-known coin minted during his presidency (1912–1916). 20th Century. D : 9 cm right 4: a bilingual design with chinese and english text, featuring an emblem. This might be related to the bank of taiwan or another financial institution from that period. Reverse another portrait of sun yat-sen with a different design, possibly from a later republic of china coin issue".