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At the left of the illustration, in the seal style: 



" To he current under the heavens." 



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

 received the Imperial sanction, prints the Great Ming Treasure-Note 

 to be current and to be used as copper cash. The counterfeiter shall he 

 decapitated. The informant and captor shall be rewarded with 250 taels 

 in silver, and in addition shall be given the property of the criminal. 



Hung-wu,. . . .year,. . . .month,. . . .day." 



Plate 131. Upper Seal on the One Kwan Note of the 



Hung-wu Era. 



Six characters arranged as follows: 



of Treasure Great 



Seal Note Ming 



Translation: " Seal of the Treasure-Note of the Great Ming Dynasty.' 



Plate 132. Lower Seal on the One Kwan Note of the 



Hung-wu Era. 



Six characters arranged as follows: 



Office T'i- Treasure 



Seal chu * Note 



Translation: "Seal of the Office of Superintendent of Treasure- 

 Notes (?). 



Plate 133. Picture on the Reverse of the One Kwan Note 



OF THE Hung-wu Era. 



The two characters mean "One Kwan." 



*"T'i-chu" has been translated by some "Inspector" and by Giles "An 

 Inspector of the Salt Department"; however, the duty of a T'i-chu is such 

 that "Superintendent" or "Supervisor" would be more nearly correct. K. T. 



