https://padlet.com/vung_hoih_23/i7krf7sh7xi en-us 2018-04-10 13:51:06 UTC 2025-12-23 11:24:20 UTC hello@padlet.com vung_hoih_23 https://padlet.com/vung_hoih_23/i7krf7sh7xi/wish/250279094 Aside from its significant historical and cultural value, the banknote also helps one to understand that era’s printing methods. It looks like the bills from that time were crafted from handmade mulberry bark paper and printed using a carved woodblock - a technology that has played an important role throughout Chinese history.

]]> 2018-04-10 14:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vung_hoih_23/i7krf7sh7xi/wish/250279094 vung_hoih_23 https://padlet.com/vung_hoih_23/i7krf7sh7xi/wish/250280609 A team of specialists working at the Australian auction house Mossgreen have discovered a rare Ming Dynasty banknote hidden within a Chinese wooden sculpture. The discovery happened unexpectedly as they were cataloguing the enormous ‘Raphy Star Collection of Important Asian Art’ for an upcoming auction.

]]> 2018-04-10 14:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vung_hoih_23/i7krf7sh7xi/wish/250280609 vung_hoih_23 https://padlet.com/vung_hoih_23/i7krf7sh7xi/wish/250282256 Genghis Khan and his sons were the ones who set the foundation for the Yuan Dynasty by destroying the Western Xia and successfully invading and conquering Central Asia, Mongolia, and the Hexi Corridor. ]]> 2018-04-10 14:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/vung_hoih_23/i7krf7sh7xi/wish/250282256 vung_hoih_23 https://padlet.com/vung_hoih_23/i7krf7sh7xi/wish/250283394 Antique Buddhist sculptures are well-known treasure troves and the experts concluded that the sculpture originally was a part of a set of several Luohan which had belonged to a Buddhist temple. However, this banknote is a unique discovery.]]> 2018-04-10 14:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/vung_hoih_23/i7krf7sh7xi/wish/250283394 vung_hoih_23 https://padlet.com/vung_hoih_23/i7krf7sh7xi/wish/250284544 China, Shang dynasty, early Anyang period, ca. 1300-1200 BCE
Bronze with turquoise inlay and jade (nephrite) blade
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