A CHINESE WORK ON NUMISMATICS. 



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Plate 21.. Lower Seal on the Hsien-t'ung Notes. 



Six characters arranged as follows: 



Treasure Through Hsien- 



Xote Current t'ung 



Translation: "Circulating Treasure-Note of the Hsien-Vung Era.' 



Seal Appearing on the Back of the Hsien-t'ung Notes. 



The inscription is the same as that on the lower seal of which it is 

 a replica. ^See Plate 21. 



PLATE 20. 



PLATE 21. 



Dimensions 



2| X2i INCHES 



Dimensions 

 2f X2f inches 



Notes of Emperor Chao-tsung (SS9-903 A.D.) of the T'ang 



Dynasty. 



Chao-tsung became Emperor in SS9 A.D. and established the era 

 called Lung-chi, which lasted only a year; and during this short 

 period he issued twenty varieties of notes. The designs on the bor- 

 ders of the respective notes are: for the one kwan note, clouds and 

 flowers; for the 10 kwan, clouds and chrysanthemums; for the 15 

 kwan, the Hsi-fan lotus (Passiflora coerulea) ; for the 20 kwan, the 

 Wan-shou * vine; and for the 25 kwan. . . .f 



* "Wan-shou" means "ten thousand years". K. T. 



t The design for the 25 kwan note is not mentioned. K. T. 



