490 DAVIS. 



Lower panel: 



" The Cabind, havitig received the Iviperial decree, lyrints and dis- 

 tributes the Great T'ang General Circidation Treasure-Note to be used 

 side by side unth silver, ichich is emitted under the heavens for the con- 

 venient use of the people. The counterfeiter shall be decapitated; for 

 informing and arresting the reward shall be 260 taels in silver; and 

 for concealing and not reporting {such guilt) the punishment shall be the 

 same* 



Hui-ch'ang, . . . .year, . . . .month, .... day." 



Plate 10. 



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

 exception of the denomination, which is 10 kwan, and the reward to 

 the informant and captor which is 820 taels. The illustration repre- 

 sents 10 yiian-pao. 



Plate 1L. Upper Seal on the Hui-ch'ang Notes. 



Four characters arranged as follows: 



of Hui- 



Imperial Seal ch'ang 



Translation: "Imperial Seal of the Hui-ch'ang Era." 



Plate 12. Lower Seal on the Hui-ch'ang Notes. 



Six characters arranged as follows: 



Treasure Print Great 



Note Made T" 



ang 



Translation: "Printed Treasure-Note of the Great T'ang Dynasty." 



Notes of Emperor Hsuan-tsung (847-859 A.D.) of the T'ang 



Dynasty. 



The Emperor Hsiian-tsung came to the throne in 847, and the era 

 of his rule became known as Ta-chung. There are twenty varieties 

 of the Ta-chung notes, of which those ranging in denomination from 

 10 to 100 wen bear on the border a dragon design; while those rang- 



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



