638 DAVIS. 



of the denomination "Two Kwan" among the issues of the Ming 

 Dynasty. Hence, I deduce that this note is a two kwan note of the 

 Chin Dynasty. (Extract from the original text). 



Plate 154. Cheng-yu (1213-1216 A.D.) Note. 

 Illustration No. 4 from the Ssij Chad Ch'ao Pi T'u Lu. 

 The Five Kwan Note of Cheng-yu {1213-1216 A.D.) of the Chin Dynasty. 



This five kwan note was issued in 1215 A.D. and was issued conjointly 

 by Ching-chao Fu and P'ing-hang Fu. (Extract from the original 

 text.) 



Translation of the inscriptions. 



At the top, outside the border decoration: 



"Five Kican." 



Written horizontally at the top within the border decoration: 



"Chrng-yn Treasure Bill." 



In the center of the middle panel: 



"Five Kwan, Eighty is Siifficicnt for One Hundred.'' 



At the right of the figure "Five Kwan," etc. 



"'}'»; Variety" or "Series." 



At the left of the figure "Five Kwan," etc.: 

 Mark or A lanber. 



At the right of the middle panel, in the seal style: 



" The counterfeiter shall be decapitated; the reioard " 



At the left of the middle panel, in the seal style: 



"shall he three hundred kwan in Treasure-Bills." 



In the center of the lower panel: 



" The counterfeiter shall he decapitated. The reioard shall he 300 kwan 

 in Treasure-Bills; in addition, the property of the criminal shall he 

 given." 



At the right of "The counterfeiter," etc., in the lower panel: 



" The Imperial sanction hytving heen petitioned and received, the 

 Treasure-Bill is printed to he current and to he used equally with the 

 specie. This shall he redeemable for an unlimited period of time at 

 the govern Dioif frrasurie.s of Ching-chao and P'ing-liang Fu." * 



* Several characters in this sentence are undecipherable in the illustration. 

 The rendering, therefore, is the best under the circumstances. K. T. 



