咸丰六年(1856),上海出现一种俗称“上海银饼”或“咸丰银饼”的号商银饼。关于其产生背景及版式已有众多前辈精辟之论说,不再赘述。本文仅就在英语文献中所见之早期学术性研究及其钢模下落与可能的铸地进行整理。对上海银饼最早的报道,目前所知是1856年11月29日英文《北华捷报》所载:“约 Xianfeng six years (1856), Shanghai appeared a commonly known as ”Shanghai silver cakes“ or ”Xianfeng silver cakes,“ the number of commercial silver cakes. About its background and layout have many brilliant theory of predecessors, not repeat them. This article reviews only the early academic studies seen in the English literature and the whereabouts of steel and the possible castings. The earliest report on the Shanghai silver pie, now known to be November 29, 1856 English ”North China Jie“ contains: ”about