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the people", both in seal characters. On the reverse of the note 

 there is a mark consisting of a scroll, bearing the four characters which 

 mean "To open the scroll is to benefit". A like mark is found on 

 each note of the ten varieties. The second is the 10 kwan note 

 with an illustration of two ingots and a border design consisting of 

 four dragons with a jev/el. Then comes the 15 kwan note with 

 three ingots and a border design of the lotus plant; * the 25 kwan 

 note has a pictorial representation of five ingots and a border design 

 consisting of four dragons and a jewel; on the .30 kwan note appear 

 six ingots and a border design of the An-pa-hsien; f on the 35 

 kwan note, seven ingots and a border design of the Hsi-fan plant 

 (Passiflora ccerulea) ; on the 40 kwan note, eight ingots and a border 

 design consisting of two dragons, clouds and a jewel; on the 45 kwan 

 note, nine ingots and a border design consisting of five dragons and 

 a jewel ; and finally, the 50 kwan note with ten ingots and a border 

 design of the eight treasure emblems. 



Plate 50. Ching-k'ang (1126 A.D.) Note. 

 Translation of the inscriptions. 



Heading: "Greed Sung Public Convenience Treasure-Note." 



Top of panel: "Five Ktvcin." 



Illustration: (Pictorial representation of one ingot of silver). 



Right-hand border, in seal style: 



" Great Sung Treasure-Note." 



Left-hand border, in seal style: 



"For the Convenient Use of the People." 



In the lower panel: " The Board of Rites, having petitioned the 

 Imperial sanction, prints for the convenient use of the people the Great 

 Smig Treasure-Note, to be used side by side with silver coin. The 

 counterfeiter shall be decapitated summarily; the informant or captor 

 shall be rewarded tvith GOO taels /« silver. If any official connives at 

 {such guilt) the punishment shall be the same as this (the case of the 

 counterfeiter). 



Ching-k'ang,. . . .year,. . . .month,. . . .day." 



* Directly after the 15 kwan note in the text comes the 25 kwan note. The 

 writer no doubt omitted the 20 kwan note. K. T. 

 t Probably a kind of hydrangea. K. T. 



