The Archive · 1936

Allen Silver

With regard to silver, Me. Kann] said it "was test known in China about 5,000 years ago. 'The first dol its to enter China were' from for-jen sources, and many different nations had produced dollars them into circulation number of these dollars were man-factured by men who had' never been to China or seen a Chine: ere. Me mentioned a dollar produced in one province in China with the unique design of a motor car engraved upon it. This was intvoduced at a time when that particular} province could boast of only tsro cars "throughout its" length and. breadth.

The lecture was illustrated by 9 number of interesting pictures showig different type of paper and metal money used in China from the

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