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An Account of the above-mentioned Bills . 
TWO Paper Money-Bills of the Reign of Hong- 
-*■ von. 
The Year of Chrift 1368 . was the Firft of the 
Empire of Hongvou, Founder of the Dynafty of Ming. 
During the Dynafty of Yuen ( who were Mogul 
Tartars) which Hongvou deftroy’d, there was a 
great deal ofPapcr-Money.There had alfo been fomc, 
140 Years before, under theDynafty of Kin (orien- 
tal Tartars) who reign’d in the Northern Provinces 
of China , and in Tart ary. The Tuens deftroy’d 
this Dynafty, as well as that of the Song’*, who 
wer t Chinefe, that reign’d in the Southern Provinces 
of China. We find no Paper Money of the Dy- 
nafties of the Yuen’s and Kins ; and that of Hong- 
vou is fcarce. The Bonzes and Chinefe Empirics 
fuperftitioufly fay, that this Paper-Money laid upon 
Children brings them good Luck. 
Thefe two Bills are the fame with thofe, the 
Figures and Explanations of which are to be feen in 
Father du Halde’s 'Defcription de la Chine, Tom. 
II. pag. 168. 
I fend you the Two,* bccaufe probably you have 
none of that Sort. 
The late Father TYentrecolles formerly fent to 
France an Account of the Chinefe Money, antient 
and modern : And fome Notes and Remarks on 
this Sort of Money were of late Years fent hence to 
Yeterjbourg. 
One of which I prefented to the Royal Society. C. M. 
IX. A 
