Item number: A3507-1

Year: AD 1946-1956

Material: Gold

Size: 16.2 x 16.2 x 10.9 mm

Weight: 31.15 g

Manufactured by: Sanyang Gold Shop, Zhangjiakou

Provenance: Stacks Bowers 2025

This is a gold ingot, possibly cast between AD 1946 and 1956 by the Sanyang Gold Shop located in Zhangjiakou, weighing approximately one tael.

The ingot is shaped in the form of a five-petalled flower. At the upper part is impressed in relief the inscription “Sanyang,” denoting the shop’s name, though the characters are somewhat indistinct. At the lower part is stamped the inscription “Zuchi,” signifying “pure gold without alloy.” In practice, any gold of 99.2 per cent purity or above could be so designated. Both inscriptions are enclosed within gourd-shaped sunken frames, imitating the popular design of the “small yellow fish,” a one-tael gold ingot. On the side is impressed the character “nian” (year), which may have indicated a commercial category.

The term “Sanyang” was a common auspicious expression, derived from the Yijing (Book of Changes), in which three unbroken yang lines form the hexagram Tai, symbolising good fortune. During the Republican period, a number of jewellery shops and gold and silver establishments adopted the name “Sanyang,” among which the Beijing Sanyang Gold Shop was the most renowned, followed by that of Tianjin. Further shops of this name also existed in Shimen (modern Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province) and in Zhangjiakou, formerly of Chahar Province (today in Hebei Province). The form of the “Sanyang” mark on this ingot differs from that used by the Beijing, Tianjin, and Shimen shops, and thus it may be attributed to the Sanyang Gold Shop of Zhangjiakou.

Zhangjiakou was a key transport hub connecting Hebei, Zhili, Shanxi, and Mongolia, and its commerce flourished. The earliest silver shop recorded in historical sources was the “Desheng Silver Shop” during the Qianlong reign. In AD 1928, the Nationalist Government established Chahar Province, designating Zhangjiakou as its capital. With the operation of the Jing-Sui and Jing-Zhang railways, the city’s economy continued to develop. In AD 1937, following the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japan, Zhangjiakou came successively under the jurisdiction of the South Chahar Autonomous Government and the Mongol United Autonomous Government. Around AD 1946, the city was taken alternately by Communist and Nationalist forces. In the same year, the Beijing merchant Suo Wenliang raised capital to establish the “Sanyang Gold Shop” on Fushouheng Street in Zhangjiakou. Its supply of gold derived mainly from mines in Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Kulun in Mongolia, supplemented by the purchase of privately held gold or by procurement from Beijing shops. Other local shops largely followed the same practice.

In AD 1956, as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s socialist transformation of private enterprise, the Sanyang Gold Shop was merged with eight other gold shops in Zhangjiakou to form a joint public-private enterprise. Most gold products were either exchanged through banks or collected by the government for remelting. In AD 1966, all such joint enterprises were converted into socialist enterprises under collective ownership of the people, thereby becoming state-owned.

物件編號: A3507-1

年代: 公元 1946-1956 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 16.2 x 16.2 x 10.9 mm

重量: 31.15 g

製造地: 三陽金店，張家口市

來源: SBP錢幣拍賣 2025

這是一件可能於民國三十五年至四十五年(公元1946-1956年)年間，由位於張家口的三陽金店所鑄的金錠，約重一兩。

金錠呈五瓣花型，上方壓印陽刻「三陽」，字體提按不明顯，為店名。下方壓印「足赤」，標示成色為無雜質的純金，實際則金含量99.2%以上皆可稱為「足赤」。上下方字體皆以陰刻葫蘆狀包圍，仿流行的一兩金錠「小黃魚」的形制。側面壓印「年」字，或許代表商品性質。

「三陽」為常見吉語，取義易經中，三個陽爻組成的泰卦，以象徵好運。民國年間，以「三陽」為名之銀樓、首飾行亦有不少，其中以北京三陽金店最為出名，天津三陽金店則次之。而河北省石門市(今石家莊)、察哈爾省張家口市(今河北省張家口市)亦有以三陽為號的銀樓。此件金錠「三陽」戳印之形制與北京、天津、石門之「三陽金店」均有差距，或許當歸為張家口三陽金店。

張家口為河北、直隸、山西、蒙古等地間的交通樞紐，商業發達。最早有史料記載的銀樓可以追溯到乾隆年間的「德勝銀鋪」。民國十七年(公元1928年)，國府設察哈爾省，作為省會的張家口市，加以京綏、京張鐵路的通行，經濟持續發展。民國二十六年(公元1937年)，抗日戰爭爆發，張家口先後隸屬於察南自治政府與蒙疆聯合自治政府。民國三十五年(公元1946年)前後，張家口先後為共軍、國軍所攻取。同年，北京商人索文良自籌資金，在張家口福壽橫街設立「三陽金店」。其貨源主要來自青海、新疆、蒙古庫倫金礦等，或收購民間黃金，或購自北京金店。其餘金店亦大抵如此。公元1956年，中國共產黨為了對資本家進行社會主義改造，三陽金店與張家口其餘八間金店合併，進行公私合營。大多數黃金製品則經銀行兌換或由政府回收融化。公元1966年，所有公私合營企業轉為社會主義全民所有制，收歸國有。