Tea brick currency from North-eastern China - HSBC History

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Portrait of Wu Bingjian, who traded as ‘Houqua’, by the artist George Chinnery

Portrait of Wu Bingjian, who traded as ‘Houqua’, by the artist George Chinnery

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Tea brick currency from North-eastern China: Scope and Content
Tea bricks are formed by tightly compressing tea leaves into block form. They were very common in…: Date
1800s: HSBC Reference Number
HK HSBCCN 0130-0001-0003