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Ming Dynasty Circulating Note.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - World Currency Start Price:3,500.00 USD Estimated At:4,500.00 - 9,000.00 USD
Ming Dynasty Circulating Note.
SOLD
3,500.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2016 Sep 26 @ 11:12UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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1368-99. 1 Kuan, P-AA10, Issued banknote. 10 Strings of Cash Coins at top center on front and back center at bottom. 2 large red seals on face and one on back. Printed on dark gray mulberry paper. Good to VG condition with edge faults, thins and some of the printing scuffed off, but still intact, rare and historic banknote. This note came from a group of these notes that were discovered during the “Boxer Rebellion”. The notes were printed by the “Hung-wu Emperor” to create a national currency. The legends on the notes cites the authority of Hung-wu, the punishment for counterfeiting and reward for informants. The term Kuan (Quan, Kwan) relates to the Quan system of money (silver bars). This is the earliest form of printed currency available.