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The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)

Bin Yang

 

Table 6.4 The Minting Operation in Yunnan, 1723–1802 (Annual Average)

Based on data from Yan Zhongping, Qingdai Yunnan Tongzheng Kao (A study on the Yunnan copper administration during the Qing Dynasty) (Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju, 1957), 15-16 (calculations are mine).

Table 6.4 The Minting Operation in Yunnan, 1723-1802 (Annual Average)
Year No. of Furnaces Copper Consumption(jin) Strings of Cash Yuxi (Surplus Interest)
1723 - 32 40 1,210,919 187,131 29,609
1733 - 42 88 2,033,363 404,747 69,978
1743 - 52 82 1,573,591 375,966 83,081
1753 - 62 135 2,926,834 691,642 153,683
1763 - 72 99 2,809,268 662,307 151,802
1773 - 82 68 1,931,467 459,503 107,615
1783 - 92 390 733.528 180,893 40,215
1793 - 1802 43 441,724 180,616 18,649
Total - 129,279,000 31,428,050 6,546,320