<p>It looks identical to this (you are looking at it up side down).</p>

<p><a href="https://goods.ruten.com.tw/item/show?21737114069034" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://goods.ruten.com.tw/item/show?21737114069034</a></p>

<p>It says 大明宣德年裸銀寶至上.</p>

<p>I don't know how exactly to translate this (someone can help me out here), but if I have to...</p>

<p>大明 refers to the Ming dynasty.</p>

<p>宣德年 means the era of Xuande, about AD 1425 - 1435.</p>

<p>裸銀寶 means raw silver sycee.</p>

<p>至上 PERHAPS means your highness (this is probably a wild guess).</p>

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<p>During my last visit in Shanghai I bought this old pice of metal, it might be silver. What are the characters on it? I am having trouble reading them. Also, what do they mean?</p>

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Translation of characters on antique metal
# Translation of characters on antique metal

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-21)

During my last visit in Shanghai I bought this old pice of metal, it might be silver. What are the characters on it? I am having trouble reading them. Also, what do they mean?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/jFzkt.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/jFzkt.jpg)

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-21. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

It looks identical to this (you are looking at it up side down).

<https://goods.ruten.com.tw/item/show?21737114069034>

It says 大明宣德年裸銀寶至上.

I don't know how exactly to translate this (someone can help me out here), but if I have to...

大明 refers to the Ming dynasty.

宣德年 means the era of Xuande, about AD 1425 - 1435.

裸銀寶 means raw silver sycee.

至上 PERHAPS means your highness (this is probably a wild guess).


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