636 DAVIS. 



Translation of the inscriptions. 



Outside the border: 



"O71C Tim Kican." 



Upper panel, center, written vertically: 



"One Ten Kwan, Eighty is Sufficient for One Hundred." 



At the right of "Eighty is Sufficient," etc.: 



"' ' Variety" or "Scries." 



At the left of "Eighty is Sufficient," etc.: 



"' ' "Mark" or "Number." 



At the right of the upper panel, in the seal style: 



" (He who) counterfeits the Exchange-Note shall be decapitated.'^ 



At the left of the upper panel, in the seal style: 



" The reward shall be 300 kwan in cash." 



In the center of the lower panel: 



"He xoho counterfeits the Exchange-Note shall be decapitated. The 

 reward shall be 300 kwan in cash." 



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



"Shantung Tvng-lu. . . .(23 characters are undecipherable), iYfl7iA'mgr 

 Exchange-Note Treasury, I-tu Fu, Chi-nan Fu. . . .(one character un- 

 decipherable) Treasuries. . . .(16 characters undecipherable)." 



At the left of "He who counterfeits," etc., in the lower panel: 



" The Bureau of Printed-Notes." 



" The Commissioner of Printed-Notcs." 



"The Board of Rcrenue in the Executive Department. .. .{t^o or 

 three characters undecipherable)." 



Outside the right-hand decorated border: 



" For the printing of every sheet the charge is 8 cash." 



Plate 153. Illustration No. 3 from the "Ssu Chao Ch'ao Pi 



T'u Lu." 



Picture on the Reverse of the Two Kwan Note of the Chin 



Dynasty. 



In the upper panel: Two characters meaning " Tu'o Kwan." 



This is the picture on the reverse of a "Two Kwan" note whose 



face is entirely missing. The notes of the Chin Dynasty and also of 



the Yiian Dynasty included the denomination "Two Kwap." That 



of the Yiian, however, bore no picture on its reverse. There is no note 



