. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . nd allowing for the then higher relativevalue of silver, should have contained about $d. of silver. The ducat was also equiva-lent to 2 lire, and the tornese (Romanin, III. 343) was 4 deniers. Now the denier isalways, I believe ^^ of the lira. Hence the tornese would be -fa of the grosso. But we are not to look for exact correspondences, when we see Polo applyinground figures in European coinage to Chinese currency. His bezant notes, I agree with Marsden, here represent the Chinese notes for oneand mo
. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . nd allowing for the then higher relativevalue of silver, should have contained about $d. of silver. The ducat was also equiva-lent to 2 lire, and the tornese (Romanin, III. 343) was 4 deniers. Now the denier isalways, I believe ^^ of the lira. Hence the tornese would be -fa of the grosso. But we are not to look for exact correspondences, when we see Polo applyinground figures in European coinage to Chinese currency. His bezant notes, I agree with Marsden, here represent the Chinese notes for oneand more ounces of silver. And here the correspondence of value is much nearer thanit seems at first sight. The Chinese Hang or ounce of silver is valued commonly at6s. Jd., say roundly 80^.* But the relation of gold and silver in civilized Asia was * Even now there are at least eight different taels (or liangs) in extensive use over the Empire, andvarying as much as from 96 to 106 ; and besides these are many local taels, with about the same limitsof variation.—{Williamsons Journeys, I. 60.). £***? ?$ •--*-»*? .- Uf. f P ? ,1 * . I ??? t „iJi I .?iiSfSfitSiSit ttWfit •Ml
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