Show banks and bank mils it appears that banks were in ex istance in rome greece babylon china and other ancient places be tore the christian era the earliest records of european banks now in ex istance are those of the bank of ven ice founded in A D 17 the bank of barcelona founded in 1401 the bank of geneva founded in 1407 and the bank of amsterdam in 1609 the oldest bank notes of which there Is any record were issued in china as far back as 2657 the chinese called it flying money and they were in form similar to the bank notes of the present time they bore such mot toes as produce all you can spend with economy and the like these bills bore on the face the penalty for making imitations 0 them |