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Plate 48. Upper Seal on the Hsi-ning Note. 



Four characters arranged as follows: 



of Hsi- 



Treasure ning 

 Translation: " The Treasure of the Hsi^ing Era." 



Plate 49. Lower Seal on the Hsi-ning Note. 



Six characters arranged as follows: 



Treasure Print Great 



Note Made Sung 



Translation: " Prinicd Treasure-Note of the Great Sung Dynasty." 



PLATE 48. 



PLATE 49. 



Dimensions 



2f X2f INCHES 



Dimensions 



3j X 3j INCHES 



Notes of Ch'in-tsung (1126 A.D.) of the Northern Sung 



Dynasty, 



Ten varieties of notes were issued in the Ching-k'ang Era (1126 

 A.D.) during the reign of the Emperor Ch'in-tsung. 



The first is the 5 kwan note with a pictorial representation of one 

 silver ingot, having as a border design the eight treasure-emblems; 

 on the right and left-hand borders respectively appear the inscrip- 

 tions "Great Sung Treasure-Note" and "For the convenient use of 



