1 Kuan, China, 1368-1399
date: label: date made
content: ca 14th century
label: date made
content: 1368 - 1399
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) kuan note
label: Description (Brief)
content: China, 1368-1399
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0149.15
label: accession number
content: 1999.0149
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0149.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
label: Object Type
content: paper money
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mulberry bark (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 cm x 22 cm x .01 cm; 13 3/8 in x 8 21/32 in x in