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" The coinage of this paper money is authenticated with as much form and ceremony as if it were actually of pure gold or silver; for to each note a number of officers, specially appointed, not only subscribe their names, but affix their seals also. "
The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and Its Inhabitants - Page 417
by Sir John Francis Davis - 1836
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The Youth's magazine, or Evangelical miscellany

1856 - 766 pages
...for as much as ten besants or sequins of gold. The coinage of this paper money is authenticated with as much form and ceremony as if it were actually of...appointed, not only subscribe their names, but affix their seals also ; and where this has been regularly done by all of them, the principal officer, deputed...
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The Chinese: A General Description of China and Its Inhabitants, Volume 2

Sir John Francis Davis - 1840 - 422 pages
...ten besants of gold. The coinage of this paper money is authenticated with as much form and cermony as if it were actually of pure gold or silver; for...officer deputed by his majesty, having dipped into vermillion ' the royal seal committed to his custody, stamps with it the piece of paper, so that the...
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An Historical View of the Law of Maritime Commerce

James Reddie - 1841 - 520 pages
...two, three, and as far as ten bezants of gold. The coinage of this paper money is authenticated with as much form and ceremony as if it were actually of pure gold and silver; for, to each note, a number of officers, specially appointed, not only subscribe their...
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The Journal of Banking, from July 1841 to July 1842 ...: To which is Annexed ...

1842 - 422 pages
...two, three, and as far as ten besants of gold. The coinage of this paper money is authenticated with as much form and ceremony as if it were actually of pure gold or silver, for to such a note a number of officers, ipecially appointed, not only subscribe their names, but affix their...
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Making More Waves: New Writing by Asian American Women

Elaine H. Kim, Lilia V. Villanueva, Asian Women United of California - 1997 - 336 pages
...for use, cut into pieces of different sizes, nearly square, but somewhat longer than they are wide. To each note a number of officers, specially appointed, not only subscribe their names, but affix their seals. In this way it receives full authenticity. Not the return of money but its continued removal...
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The Travels of Marco Polo

Marco Polo - 2002 - 492 pages
...two, three, and as far as ten bezants of gold. The coinage of this paper money is authenticated with as much form and ceremony as if it were actually of...appointed, not only subscribe their names, but affix their seals also. When this has been regularly done by the whole of them, the principal officer, appointed...
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The Travels of Marco Polo

Marco Polo - 2003 - 484 pages
...two, three, and as far as ten bezants of gold. The coinage of this paper money is authenticated with as much form and ceremony as if it were actually of...appointed, not only subscribe their names, but affix their seals also. When this has been regularly done by the whole of them, the principal officer, appointed...
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