One (1) dollar note
Bank of China, Manchuria, China, 1912
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center, portrait of Emperor Huang-Ti to the left, landscape to the right.
Obverse Text: 壹 / A017789 / 中國銀行兌換劵 / A017789 / 壹圓 / 壹圓 / 東三省通用 / 壹圓 / 每圓付拾角 / 壹圓 / 壹圓 / 壹 / 壹圓 / 中華民國元年印 / 壹圓 / 壹 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK.
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at sides, waterfront park at center.
Reverse Text:1 / NO. A017789 / BANK OF CHINA / NO. A017789 / 1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / 1 ONE / 1 / ONE DOLLAR / 1 ONE / 1 / 1 / ACCT, / 1ST JUNE 1912. / MANCHURIA / MANAGER / 1 / 1 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / 1 / N.B. PAYABLE IN SUBSIDIARY (SILVER)COINS AT PAR I.E. TEN 10-CENT COINS TO THE DOLLAR
[[Obverse Text]]
壹 / A017789 / 中國銀行兌換劵 / A017789 / 壹圓 / 壹圓 / 東三省通用 / 壹圓 / 每圓付拾角 / 壹圓 / 壹圓 / 壹 / 壹圓 / 中華民國元年印 / 壹圓 / 壹
/ AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK.
[[Obverse Image]]
Image of railroad and a man.
[[Reverse Text]]
1 / No. A017789 / BANK OF CHINA / No. A017789 / 1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / 1 ONE / 1 ONE / 1 / 1 / ONE DOLLAR / [[signature]] ACCT. / [[signature]] MANAGER / 1ST JUNE 1912 / [[stamp] ]MANCHURIA / 1 / 1 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / 1 / 1 / N.B. PAYABLE IN SUBSIDIARY(SILVER) COINS AT PAR I.E. TEN 10-CENT COINS TO THE DOLLAR / 74.17.582
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