. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . H3i] »»tpv SOS jV i. «6 A* 3 W A /I; a n til- ft ilr ?it % -: 4 M •V- w % t n; 4 *f ?•*>*?«, ?f *.MTl%|*ff11fj^i ^ftH »«fc ,t^(fc^O r Bank-Note of the Ming Dynasty. [To/ace p. 426. Chap. XXIV. CHINESE PAPER CURRENCY 427 then (see ch. 1. note 4, and also Cathay, pp. ccl. and 442) as 10 to 1, not, as with usnow, more than 15 to I. Wherefore the liang in relation to gold would be worth\iod. or ios\, a little over the Venetian ducat and somewhat less than the bezantor dinar. We shall then find the tabl
. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . H3i] »»tpv SOS jV i. «6 A* 3 W A /I; a n til- ft ilr ?it % -: 4 M •V- w % t n; 4 *f ?•*>*?«, ?f *.MTl%|*ff11fj^i ^ftH »«fc ,t^(fc^O r Bank-Note of the Ming Dynasty. [To/ace p. 426. Chap. XXIV. CHINESE PAPER CURRENCY 427 then (see ch. 1. note 4, and also Cathay, pp. ccl. and 442) as 10 to 1, not, as with usnow, more than 15 to I. Wherefore the liang in relation to gold would be worth\iod. or ios\, a little over the Venetian ducat and somewhat less than the bezantor dinar. We shall then find the table of Chinese issues, as compared with Marcosequivalents, to stand thus :— Chinese Issues, as recorded. Marco Polos Statement. For 10 ounces of silver (viz. the j _ IQ bezants> Chinese Ting) J For 1 ounce of silver, I liang,\ j or 1000 tsien (cash) . I For 500 tsien 10 groats. 200 . . • 5 j> (should have been 4). IOO ,, 2 ,, 5° >> l 2o . . , -g- ,, (but the proportionate equivalent of half a groat would be 25 tsien). 20 ,, 10 ,, ..... 1 tornesel (but the proportionat
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