Haikwan customs tael
- Dates in use
- Introduction uncertain; ended 1933
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Haikwan customs tael
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Haikwan customs tael
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
The haikwan tael was used by Maritime Customs for export-duty collection and import/export statistical valuation. [1]
Customs announcement reported discontinuance of the haikwan tael. [2]
Contemporary survey reports customs announcement10March 1933 discontinued use of Haikwan tael, beyond the earlier 1930 import-duty shift. [3]
Turning points
Seward’s April 29, 1880 memorandum describes actual customs collections using…
Seward’s April 29, 1880 memorandum describes actual customs collections using Haikwan taels and tabulates their local relation to Kuping taels. Officials did not explain the Haikwan standard’s origin. [4]
Sources and evidence
- United States Department of Commerce · Monetary Use of Silver in 1933
- United States Department of Commerce · Monetary Use of Silver in 1933
- United States Department of Commerce · Monetary Use of Silver in 1933
- George F. Seward, United States legation in Peking · FRUS 1880, document 167: memorandum of 29 April 1880
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“Haikwan customs tael.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-13; data version v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V26-HAIKWAN-TAEL.html