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Kuan is one of the earliest examples of paper money, which China began printing in the late 1300s. Pitt’s East Asian Library had an original Kuan note on display for visitors to see during their open house event Wednesday afternoon.  “There was a shortage of copper, and so they started to print money on something. ....

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