银锭(铤)又称“元宝”，属“称量货币”。银锭的形状、大小、重量不等，其形状有马蹄 形、马鞍形、船形、饼形、腰形、方形、条形、圆形等多种形状。银锭上大多标有重量、年 号、过称人、铸造人、地名、用途等铭文。笔者藏有一只马鞍形小银锭，在银锭正面中间竖铸“永城”地名 Silver ingot (collar), also known as “ingot”, is a “weighing currency.” Silver ingot shape, size, weight range, the shape of horseshoe, saddle, boat, cake, waist, square, strip, round and other shapes. Mostly marked on the silver ingot weight, year number, said people, casting people, place names, uses inscriptions. The author has a small saddle-shaped silver ingots, vertical casting in the middle of silver ingots, “Yongcheng” place names