There are also other credible books that refer to the seal.
Please see the following:
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This book is credible in chinese, but as if the translator did not understand the history fully, so I edited his translation:
A treasure handed down from ancient time, cited from "An Introduction To Ancient Seal" by
Just as I said before, the characters on the seal are Song Style Characters, In fact, they were at first called Qin Style characters in
Southern Song Dynasty(1127 A.D. -- 1279 A.D.). The original words from
I will show some details on what is Song Style Character, its origin and relation with Qin Style Character. Qin Style, a style we seldom or
never heard before. I will then analyze why the seal of
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(Luo Fu Yi). The original explanation
stated: "The copper seal 
(Yi Guan Bei He Tong) in Standard Script, a treasure handed down from the ancient time, was used to
stamp at the back of 
(Hui Zi, a kind of paper money in southern Song Dynasty, 1127 A.D. -- 1279 A.D.).
According to 
(Song History -- Carriage and Clothing Etiquette Record): "The Ministers again said: 'The affairs of official
seal is important, when there are official seals which the seal characters become blurred through long time of using, that should be recast,
unless ask for imperial decree, it can not be recast.' When it was recast...
(The Hui Zi Affairs Office Under Tea
Monopolization Site in capital) would give 25 seals for each 
(Jie, which means time limit of circulation):...there were 12 
(He Tong Yin, which means He
Tong seal), among which are 2 seals that had the characters 
(Yi Guan Wen, which means 1000 Wen), each was cast with characters
(Hui Zi Ku Yi Guan Wen He Tong Yin, which means Yi Guan Wen He Tong Seal of HuiZi Treasury)." So Paper money of Song Dynasty have He Tong seal mark. But there were many kinds
of paper money at that time, it is not clear which kind of paper money this seal was applied.
(Wang Guo Wei) only told
us that the seal of