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“As soon as the machine runs, tens of thousands of taels of gold are made.”

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021

In Los Angeles Dealer Schwary reported buying everything from a three-foot-high silver trophy awarded in a 1930s auto race to Vietnamese taels, ultrathin gold pieces the size of calling cards.

From Time Magazine Archive

The total of the miscellaneous items accruing for the benefit of the government is estimated at taels 5,500,000.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

The result was that the amount of the native customs collected by the commissioners of customs increased from taels 2,206,000 in 1902 to taels 3,699,000 in 1906.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

The burden of meeting this amount was apportioned between the eighteen provinces—the sums allocated ranging from taels 2,500,000 for Kiang-su to taels 300,000 for Kwei-chow.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various