Song dynasty stone carving of money

A rock carving with depictions of money: strings of coins, but also the jiaozi bank notes from the Song dynasty- i.e. the oldest paper money. It was found in Chongqing (a location where iron currency was also used during the Song). Watch this short video to learn more: Stone Carving of World’s Earliest Banknote “Jiaozi” Discovered in Southwest China

More photos on this web page (text in Chinese).

 

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