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Great Sung Treasure-Note, to be used as cash. The counterfeiter 

 shall be decapitated summarily; the first informant shall be given 



400 taels in silver. Chien-lung, year, month, day, 



emitted." There is a design of dragons on the border. The upper 

 seal, which is square, reads: "The Seal of the Chien-lung Era", 

 while the lower, which is also square, reads : " Great Sung Chien-lung 

 Treasure-Xote." This latter seal appears again on the back of the 

 note with an ornamental figure which consists of a brush, an ingot 

 of money and a jui (scepter symbolizing good luck) and a flower. 

 The color of the paper is gray, and in quality it is the same as that 

 used for the Yiian and Ming notes. 



Plate 42. Chien-lung (960-962 A.D.) Note. 

 Translation of the inscriptions. 



First line: '^ Great Sung General Circulation Treasure-Note." 



Second line: "Fifty Kwan." 



Illustration: (Pictorial representation of seven ingots of yiian-pao). 



At the left and right of the picture, within the upper panel : 



" To circulate as cash." 



In the right-hand border, in an ancient style of writing : 



" To he current under the heavens." 



In the left-hand border, in an ancient style of writing: 



" For the convenient use of the people." 



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

 Imperial Decree, prints and issues imder the heavens * the Great Sung 

 Treasure-Xote, to be used as cash. The counterfeiter shall be decapitated 

 summarily; the first informant shall he given JfiO taels in silver. 



Chien-lung,. . . .year,. . . .month,. . . .day, emitted." f 



Plate 43. 



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

 exception of the denomination which is 100 kwan. The reward to the 

 informant is the same as in the case of the 50 kwan note, i. e., 400 taels. 

 The illustration represents 14 ingots of yiian-pao. 



* In the actual inscription this phrase "issues under the heavens" comes 

 after the word "taels" at the very end of the sentence. K. T. 

 t The word here used literally means "act". K. T. 



