Certain Old Chinese Notes, or Chinese Paper Money: A Communication Presented to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, at 28 Newbury Street, Boston, on the 10th of February, 1915 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Andrew McFarland Davis

9780656057894: Certain Old Chinese Notes, or Chinese Paper Money: A Communication Presented to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, at 28 Newbury Street, Boston, on the 10th of February, 1915 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Certain Old Chinese Notes, or Chinese Paper Money: A Communication Presented to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, at 28 Newbury Street, Boston, on the 10th of February, 1915

So, too, it may be expected that the dawning interest in the subject Will lead to the acquisition by our museums Of specimens of these notes, other than the one kwan Ming note Of the last quarter Of the fourteenth century, now to be found in some of them. Although these Old notes are not at present Offered for sale, it is quite certain that the collections said to be now in the hands of wealthy chinamen will by degrees be broken up and thus Offer Opportunity for european purchasers.

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