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Plate 22. Lung-chi (889 A.D.) Note. 

 Translation of the inscriptions. 



First line: "Great T'ang General Circulation Treasure-Note^ 



Second line: "Five Kwan." 



Illustration: (Pictorial representation of one cash). 



Lower panel " The Cabinet, having received the Imperial decree, j^rints 

 arid issues the Great T'ang Circulating Treasure-Note to be used side by 

 side with silver coin. {He who) prints a facsimile shall be decapitated 

 summarily. The first informant shall be rewarded with 650 taels in 

 silver. To the concealer — military man and civilian alike — the same 

 punishmeiit * shall apply. 



Lung-chi,. . . .year,. . . .month,. . . .day." 



Plate 23. 



The inscription on the 50 kwan note is the same as that on the 5 

 kwan note with the exception of the denomination, and the reward to 

 the informant which is 1500 taels. The illustration represents ten 

 cash. 



Plate 24. 



The inscription on the 55 kwan note is the same as that on the 5 

 kwan note with the exception of the denomination, and the reward to 

 the informant which is 850 taels. The illustration represents eleven 

 cash. 



Plate 25. 



The inscription on the 100 kwan note is the same as that on the 

 5 kwan note with the exception of the denomination, and the reward 

 to the informant which is 940 taels. The illustration represents 

 twenty cash. 



* As in the case of counterfeiting. K. T. 



