Obverse Image: "Great Ming Treasure Note" at top, denomination below and then depicted as ten strings of 100 cash (i.e. 1000 cash or 1 kuan), "Great Ming Treasure Note" in seal characters, a statement by the Board of Revenue regarding their imperial sanction to print paper notes and threatening any would-be counterfeiters with death and loss of property.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: N/A
Reverse Text: N/A
General Information: Made of heavy fibers from mulberry bark; Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Hung Wu era (1368-99); see Ward Smith's Chinese Banknotes; p. 177 T36-20
Obverse Image: "Great Ming Treasure Note" at top, denomination below and then depicted as ten strings of 100 cash (i.e. 1000 cash or 1 kuan), "Great Ming Treasure Note" in seal characters, a statement by the Board of Revenue regarding their imperial sanction to print paper notes and threatening any would-be counterfeiters with death and loss of property.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Denomination, image of coin strings, and seal all stamped on reverse.
Reverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
General Information: Made of heavy fibers from mulberry bark; Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Hung Wu era (1368-99).
Obverse Image: "Great Ming Treasure Note" at top, denomination below and then depicted as ten strings of 100 cash (i.e. 1000 cash or 1 kuan), "Great Ming Treasure Note" in seal characters, a statement by the Board of Revenue regarding their imperial sanction to print paper notes and threatening any would-be counterfeiters with death and loss of property.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Denomination, image of coin strings, and seal all stamped on reverse.
Reverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
General Information: Made of heavy fibers from mulberry bark; Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Hung Wu era (1368-99).
