Antique Chinese sterling silver ashtray coins hong kong straits settlement china

Description

Up for sale is an antique sterling silver ashtray with embedded Chinese coins.  There is a hong kong 10 cents (1902), a straits settlement 10 cents (1900) and a coin with just chinese characters.  Unfortunately all the faces on the coins have been rubbed out.  Have done the ice test and the magnet one since cannot decipher the 'Chinese' hallmarks.  It weighs 82 grams.