Printed paper monetary note

Published/Created:

1153-1155

Notes:

Monetary note bearing the value of 5 strings threatening decapitation for counterfeiting. It offers a reward of 500 strings for informers--payable in paper money. From the Song-Jin period. The first Chinese paper currency appeared in Chengdu, Sichuan Province c. 1010. By 1023 the government was issuing currency.

Topics:

Prints -- China -- Jin dynasty, 1115-1234 -- (YVRC)

Accession Number:

254082

Genre:

paper money (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Currency, Coins & Medals

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Twitchett, Printing and Publishing in Medieval China, 1983

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection, Asian Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Private Collection

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 17404

OID:

315847

PID:

digcoll:2154550