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3798 1 kuan (1000 cash) c. 1287. Banknote plate from the Yuan dynasty. The printing<br />
plate used to print the bill 1 Kuan (1000 cash) in approx. 1287 AD. The printing plate<br />
is large and made of bronze, 14×20 cm and has pristine original bronze patina. Note that<br />
the printing plate design is reversed so that the finished notes would be mirrored and<br />
thus text and design be shown correctly. The discovery site for this object is the city<br />
of Luo Yang in Henan Province in China (see also below).<br />
It was this type of older Chinese banknotes Marco Polo in the 1200’s referred to as<br />
”The Chinese flying money” and that the Emperor had invented a way of ”making<br />
money out of nothing.” This information from Marco Polo gave Europeans inspiration<br />
to issue banknotes in Europe (several hundred years later). PROVENANCE, please<br />
see previous lot. VF (1+) Old greenish patina 20.000:-<br />
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