Excerpt from Certain Old Chinese Notes, or Chinese Paper Money: A Communication Presented to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, at 28 Newbury Street, Boston, on the 10th of February, 1915So, too, it may be expected that the dawning interest in the subject Will lead to the acquisition by our museums Of specimens of these notes, other than the one kwan Ming note Of the last quarter Of the fourteenth century, now to be found in some of them. Although these Old notes are not at present Offered for sale, it is quite certain that the collections said to be now in the hands of wealthy chinamen will by degrees be broken up and thus Offer Opportunity for european purchasers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.