Stashed Cash: Rare Ming Dynasty Banknote Found Inside Chinese Sculpture
When you purchase through links on our site , we may garner an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it work . Art experts in Australia have found a rare newspaper publisher banknote from the Ming Dynasty of ImperialChinahidden inside an antique wooden sculpture that was being prepared for auction . The Chinese characters on the bent banknote show that it was issued in the third year of the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang , the firstemperor of the Ming Dynasty — or 1371 in the Western calendar ....