300 Cash, Chin T'ai Company, Changsha, China, 1913

Description (Brief):

One (1) 300 cash note

Description (Brief)

Chin T'ai Company, Changsha, China, 1913

Description (Brief)

Obverse Image: Chinese text at center surrounded by two phoenix birds climbing up the sides and meeting at center, illustrated image of a man dressed in western clothes with a bicycle, meeting two men from a two to the right at top.

Description (Brief)

Obverse Text: 長沙 / 太古碼頭 / 金臺公司 / 自字第[]號 / 憑票發錢叁伯文整/[[overlaid text]]金臺公司 / 民國二年即月即日 金臺公司 票 / 合成壹串 撥兌外票 / 燃燈不兑 / 長沙南[[?]]街華新[[?]]印[[???]]

Description (Brief)

Reverse Image: Chinese text at top and at center, vignette at bottom of a city with a cross atop a building, vignette at top of a crane.

Description (Brief)

Reverse Text: 松鶴延齡 / 癸丑新秋添印 / 叄 / 長沙太古碼頭 / 叄 / 金臺公司 / 叁伯 / 叄 / 臺公司 / 張家[[?]]李宅未[[?]]太末八月十号 / 太古碼頭

[[Obverse Text]]

長沙 / 太古碼頭 / 金臺公司 / 自字第[]號 / 憑票發錢叁伯文整/[[overlaid text]]金臺公司 / 民國二年即月即日 金臺公司 票 / 合成壹串 撥兌外票 / 燃燈不兑 / 長沙南[[?]]街華新[[?]]印[[???]]

[[Obverse Image]]

People with bike, people with children, patio with Republic of China flag

[[Reverse Text]]

松鶴延齡 / 癸丑新秋添印 / 叄 / 長沙太古碼頭 / 叄 / 金臺公司 / 叁伯 / 叄 / 臺公司 / 張家[[?]]李宅未[[?]]太末八月十号 / 太古碼頭

[[Reverse Image]]

Pine tree and crane. Houses with a church in he background.

Date Made: 1913

Crowdsourcing: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteersLocation: Currently not on view

Place Made: China: Hunan, Changsha

See more items in: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection, NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_04, Chinese Banknotes, Chinese Paper Money, NNC Chinese Bank Notes

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: James C. Leigh

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: NU.75.3.066Catalog Number: 75.3.066Accession Number: 320773

Object Name: note

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 20.3 cm x 9 cm x .01 cm; 8 in x 3 17/32 in x in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-bca4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1883457

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