One (1) 5 dollar note, specimen
Bank of Communications, Tsitsihar, China, 1913
Obverse Image: Chinese at top and bottom, denomination to the right and in right corners, a steam passenger train on the right.
Obverse Text: 伍 / 交通銀行 / 伍 / D746566 / 中華民國二年印 / D746566 / 伍 / 伍圓 / 伍 / 黑龍江 / 通用銀圓 / 憑票即付 / 伍 / 每圓付小洋拾角 / 照市價折兌大洋 / 小洋 / 黑龍江省通用 / 黑龍江省通用 / 樣本券 / SPECIMEN / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK / 南處備查
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to the right and left and in each corner, steam passenger train at center.
Reverse Text: 5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / 5 / JULY 1ST. 1913 / 5 / D746566 / 5 / 5 / D746566 / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 5 / 5 / FIVE DOLLARS / LOCAL CURRENCY / PAYABLE TO BEARER / 5 / TSITSIHAR / 5 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / 南處備查 / N.B. PAYABLE IN SUBSIDIARY (SILVER) COINS AT PAR I.E. TEN-CENT COINS TO THE DOLLAR / 74,17,137
[[Obverse Text]]
伍 / 交通銀行 / 伍 / D746566 / 中華民國二年印 / D746566 / 伍 / 伍圓 / 伍 / 黑龍江 / 通用銀圓 / 憑票即付 / 伍 / 每圓付小洋拾角 / 照市價折兌大洋 / 小洋 / 黑龍江省通用 / 黑龍江省通用 / 樣本券 / SPECIMEN / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK / 南處備查
[[Translation]]
five / Bank of Communications / five / D746566 / Printed in two years of the Republic of China / D746566 / five / five yuan / five / Heilongjiang / National Currency / Use this (ticket) to pay / five / Every yuan exchanges Xiaoyang ten Choe / Exchange Dayang at market price / Xiaoyang / Use in Heilongjiang province / Use in Heilongjiang province common use / American Bank Note Company, New York / Southside for future reference
[[Reverse Text]]
5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / 5 / JULY 1ST. 1913 / 5 / D746566 / 5 / 5 / D746566 / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 5 / 5 / FIVE DOLLARS / LOCAL CURRENCY / PAYABLE TO BEARER / 5 / TSITSIHAR / 5 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / 南處備查 / N.B. PAYABLE IN SUBSIDIARY (SILVER) COINS AT PAR I.E. TEN-CENT COINS TO THE DOLLAR / 74,17,137
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