A CHINESE WORK ON NUMISMATICS. 623 



Plate 142. Yung-le (1403-1424 A.D.) Note. 

 Translation of the inscriptions. 



First line: "Great Ming General Circulation Treasure-Note." 



Second line: "One Kwan." 



Illustration: (Pictorial representation of one cash). 



At the right of the illustration in the seal style: 



" To be current as cash." 



At the left of the illustration in the seal style: 



"For the convenient use of the people." 



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

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

 to he used as copper cash. The counterfeiter of the same form shall he 

 decapitated summarily. The punishment to concealers among District 

 officials also shall be the same as this {the case of counterfeiting) . The 

 informant and captor shall he given by the authorities a reward of 770 

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



Yung-le,. . . .year,. . . .month,. . . .day." 



Plate 143. 



The inscription is the same as that on the one kwan note, with the 

 exception of the denomination which is 50 kwan, and the reward to 

 the informant and captor which is 890 taels. The illustration repre- 

 sents ten cash. 



Plate 144. Upper Seal on the Yung-le Notes. 



Four characters arranged as follows : 



of Yung- 



Seal le 



Translation: "Seal of the Yung-le Era." 



