Chinese chroniclers relate that banknotes were current in China as early as 2697 8.C., under tlie name of "flying money." One preserved in the Asiatic Museum at Leningrad dates from' the year 1399 8.C., and bears the name 'of the imperial, bank, date and number of issue, and the signature of a mandarin. •a* x° con^ns a list of the punishments inflicted for forgery of notes.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 256, 29 October 1929, Page 16
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