Vintage Chinese Sycee Bars Set of 3 Tokens Highly Decorated & Marked

Description

Set of 3 Antique Style Token Highly Decorated & Marked
Pieces like this were commonly used to pay Chinese soldiers with long ago. They weighs a lot for their size and are solid. They were made in China.
They are likely made of a copper based metal and are just plated, gilded, or clad with real silver. It looks to be an antique Style, however
Largest is 4” x 2.25” x 2.75” high weighs almost 4 lbs
Middle is 3.5” wide x 2” x 2.25” high weighs almost 2.5 lbs
Smallest is 2.25” wide x 1.25” x 1.25” high weighs over 1 lb
All are covered with Chinese characters and the two largest are decorated with dragons on the sides