300-year-old ginseng sold for $400k

A 300-year-old wild ginseng (popular Chinese herb) was sold for RMB3million (~ USD400,000) in Jilin, China.

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I would rather use the 400 grand to buy a decent sport car.

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"300-year-old ginseng sold for $400k" by was published on August 13th, 2007 and is listed in Guest Blogger, Japan / Asia, Weird.

HERO wrote,

PEOPLE WITH MONEY, WHY SPENT $400K INSTEAD OF THIS GINSENG AND SAFE CHINA OR THE TOY LEAD INCIDENT. FIX THE POOR-SUICIDAL MAN HIS LIFE BACK.

XOXO

Link | August 13th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Breaking Rumors, News, Truemors wrote,

[...] 300-year old ginseng root sold for $400,000. How you can tell if the root is 300 years old is beyond me. Why one would care that it’s [...]

Link | August 13th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Sotto l’ombra degli olmi » Blog Archive » Funghetti del 14 Agosto 2007 wrote,

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Link | August 14th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
jake. wrote,

they paid thast much because ginseng is a very expensive herb. You can go out and get wild ginseng in the woods behind your house and sell it for 700 bucks a pound.

Link | June 22nd, 2009 at 12:58 am