A CHINESE WORK ON NUMISMATICS. 



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Plate 134. Seal on the Reverse of the One Kwan Note of 



THE HuNG-wu Era. 



Six characters arranged as follows: 



Bureau Treasure Print 



Seal Note Made 



Translation: " Seal of the Bureau of the Printed Treasure-Note." 



PLATE 134. 



Dimensions 



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Plate 135. Hung-wu (1368-1398 A.D.) Note. 



Translation of the inscriptions. 

 Minor. 



First line: "Great Ming General Circulation Treasure-Note." 



Second line: " Ten Copper Cash." Denomination, in panel above 

 picture. 



Illustration: (Pictorial representation of one string of cash). 



At the right of the illustration in the seal style: 



"Great Ming Treasure-Note." 



At the left of the illustration in the seal style: 



" To he current under the heavens." 



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

 received the Imperial sanction, prints the Great Ming Treasure-Note to 



