Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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“The Emperor's Mint and the way it is wrought is such that you might say the he has the Secret of Alchemy in perfection, and you would be right. For he makes his money after this fashion.”

— Marco Polo 1254 – 1324 CE
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  1. Shan Dao
    Shan Dao 4 years ago
    This description of paper money use was unbelieved and ridiculed at the time but Will Durant describes it as, 'the source of that flood of paper money which, ever since, has alternately accelerated and threatened the economic life of the world.'
 

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