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Taipei Auction
Taipei Auction is the auction department of EVEN HAME CO., LTD. established in 2022. EVEN HAME CO., LTD. is one of the few investment companies in Taiwan that owns thousands of silver dollars (Silver Dragon coin).

Early History of Taiwan regarding Silver Dragon coin
In the early years of Taiwan, due to factors such as colonization, and wars, a large amount of silver dollars (commonly known as silver dragon coin) flowed into the country. Since the time of Japanese colonial period, Taiwanese farmers have been using Japanese silver dragon coin and other silver dollars as the medium of currency for transactions. "Japanese silver dragon coin began to be used during the Japanese colonial period of Taiwan in 1895. Up till the year of 1899, the main currency used in Taiwan was Japanese silver dragon coin, and it was when the Japanese government began the issue of Taiwan bank notes, was the use of silver dragon coin gradually reduced." In the early years of Republic of China, if an individual possess more than 100,000 silver dollars, he or she could already be considered as extremely wealthy. It is also in that period that many farmers used silver dragon coin as the medium to buy and sell land. ( In the 20th year of Republic of China, around 200-300 pieces of silver dragon coin were needed for every 1,000 square meter of land). During the period of the Nationalist government, there were more than 600,000 troops, and the monthly salary of the soldiers was one yuan per person. However, it is said that when Chiang Kai-shek was told of the potential imminent depletion of the treasury (due to the rate of paying the soldiers salary), he began the issuing of New Taiwan dollar. After the mainland China and Taiwan’s 小三通, many coastal fishermen in the mainland brought sacks filled with silver dollars to exchange daily necessities with Taiwanese fishermen.

Silver dragon coin and other Chinese silver coins play an important role in the Chinese speaking world, which can often be seen and heard as 大洋 in literary novels and movies in the late Qing Dynasty and early day so the Republic of China. Since the Japanese colonial period in Taiwan, although the people were forced to hand over all the silver dragon coin in their homes, under the death threat, many people chose to risk suffering the punishment than to hand their coins over, as they understood the value of silver (against inflation and retain value in times of crisis).

As time passes, with the rise and fall of precious metal prices, many Chinese silver dollars have been melted down. Nowadays, the sum of all Chinese silver dollars in the entire Chinese area is only a fraction of what they have in the past.

In recent years, with the government supporting and promoting the culture and art, EVEN HAME CO., LTD. has been trying to unite collectors in Taiwan to promote the culture of coin collection, and as auction houses are able to promote the flow of antiques in the market, the company is also favored by many collectors of porcelain, jade, and pottery.