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DAVIS. 



ing from 100 to 1000 wen have a border design consisting of four 

 ch'ih.* All are small military notes and their color is yellow. 



Plate 13. Ta-chung (847-859 A.D.) Note. 



Translation of the Inscriptions. 



First line: " Great T'ang Military Administration Treasure-Note."^ 



Second line: " Ten Wen." 



Illustration: (Pictorial representation of 10 wen in one string). 



PLATE 11. 



PLATE 12. 



Dimensions 



25 X25 INCHES 



Dimensions 



33 X3g INCHES 



Lower panel: " The Board of War, having received the Imperial 

 Decree, prints and issues to the Military barracks % in every province, for 

 the convenient use of the people, the Great T\mg Circulating Treasure- 

 Note, to he employed as silver coin. {He xoho) prints a facsimile § shall 



* Dragons without horns. K. T. 



t By some this is translated as "War Period Treasure-Note"; but it seems 

 to bo a misinterpretation. K. T. 



J Though hterally ''^Mihtary Barracks or Camps," the word "Army" would 

 be a correct renderins. K. T. 



§ Meaning "counterfeit". K. T. 



