640 • DAVIS. 



" The Trcasxiry Officer in Charge of Printing (and his sign-moniml). 

 The Dejmty of the Treasury. The Associate Officer [and his sign- 

 viannal]." 



At the left of "The counterfeiter," etc., in the lower panel: 



" Cheng-yu, .... year, .... month, .... day." 



" The Officer of the Printing Bureau (and his sign-manual). The 

 Associate Officer (and his sign-manual)." 



" The Director of the Bureau of Treasure-Bills (and his sign-manual). 

 The Deputy. . . ., E.xaminer." 



" The Director of the Bureau of Printing (and his sign-manual). 

 The Deputy (and his sign-manual), Examiner." 



" The Chief Auditor of the Board of Revenue in the Executive Depart- 

 ment (and his sign-manual)." 



Outside the left-hand border: 



" Ching-chao Fu conjoined." 



" P'ing-liang Fu conjoined." 



Plate 155. Hsing-ting (1217-1222 A.D.) Note. 



Illustration No. 5 from the "Ssu chao Ch'ao Pi T'u Lu". 



The Tivo Kwan Note of the Hsing-ting (1217-1222 A.D.) Era of the 



Chin Dynasty. 



In 1221 A.D., in the reign of Hsiian-tsung (1213-1223 A.D.) this 

 note, called the " Hsing-ting Pao-ch'iian" was issued. The face value 

 of the note — one kwan — was accepted for 400 kwan of tung-pao 

 (Cheng-yu tung-pao, which is paper-money). (Extract from the 

 original text.) 



Translation of the inscriptions. 



Outside the border: 



Pictorial representation of twenty strings of cash. 



In the top row, written horizontally: 



" Hsing-ting Treasure-Money." 



In the second row, written horizontally: 



" Two kican wen-shcng." * 



* The first character, "wen", means "to hear, to smell, or news"; the second 

 character, "sheng" means "to reduce, to reflect on one's own conduct, prov- 

 ince, the governmental department", etc. The combination of the two cliar- 

 acters is unintelligible. K. T. 



