A CHINESE WORK ON NUMISMATICS. 645 



Plate 157. Hung-wu (13GS-1398 A.D.) Note. 



From the Journal of the Peking Oriental Society. 



Translation of the inscriptions. 



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



Second line: " Two Hundred Wen." 



Illustration: (Pictorial representation of two strings 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 be 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 

 be current and to be used as copper cash. Cast anew in the year of chi*- 

 mao t of the Ch'ung-chm Era.X The counterfeiter shall be decapitated. 

 The informant and captor shall be rewarded with 250 taels in silver, and 

 in addition shall be given the property of the criminal." 



Hung-wu,. . . .year,. . . .month,. . . .day." 



Plate 158. Three Seals on the Hung-wu Copper (?) Note. 



From the Journal of the Peking Oriental Society. 



Top. The inscription is the same as that on Plate 131. 

 Middle. The inscription is the same as that on Plate 132. 

 Bottom. Six characters arranged as follows: 



Bureau Treasure Cast 



Seal Note . Made 



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

 The inscription is the same as that on the one Kwan, Ming note, 

 Plate 136, with the exception of the denomination, which is 200 

 wen, with two strings of cash. 



* The sixth of the ten cyclical stems. K. T. 



t The rabbit year, the fourth of the twelve zodiacal signs. K. T. 

 t The year of chi-mao in the Ch'ung-chen Era corresponds to the year 1639 

 A. D. K. T. 



