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Famous Ming Dynasty Note

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Famous Ming Dynasty Note
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Famous Ming Dynasty Note

Ming Dynasty. 1 Kuan. 1368-99. Pick AA10. Opitz p. 223 PMG Choice Very Fine 35. While paper money was first used in China in approximately the eleventh century, the Ming Dynasty was the first to all but replace coins with paper money. The current example was handmade from mulberry pulp and is an extraordinary example to have survived over 600 years in this state of preservation. Many examples seen today are missing some amount of paper or have tears. The central vignette depicts stacks of coins. Unfortunately, the Ming printed too much paper money, causing hyper-inflation within their economy, and by 1425 these notes were worth one seventieth their original value, and the use of paper money was subsequently suspended. Ex: Bebee’s, J. Hewitt Judd,

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Pedigree/Collection: The Kenneth L. Hallenbeck Collection