Lot 5772

Description

China, Ming Dynasty, mulberry paper note for fifty cash (=50 cash) 120x220mm, issued 1368-1399 (cf.P.AA2 [20 cash unpriced) (illustrated); assorted Treasury Dept of Sinkiang notes (12) various years 6, 8, 9, 10, 17, 20, 21, and denominations mostly 100 and 400 cash (all in poor condition); Cambista Tai Fung, Macao $10 value note; cheques, a small group that include, Kiaw Thong Exchange Amoy Branch (3), unused with counterfoils; Bank of East Asia, Shanghai (6). Generally very fine to extremely fine, the first apparently had its head office in Singapore. (23)

Ex Mavin International, Singapore, Auction No.8, 19-20 March 2005 (lot 786) for the cheques.