5 Dollars, Tsihar Hsing Yeh Bank, Peking China, 1927

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Description (Brief):

One (1) 5 dollar note, specimen

Description (Brief)

Tsihar Hsing Yeh Bank, Peking China, 1927

Description (Brief)

Obverse Image: Orange, pagoda at middle, back orange text with large red seal

Description (Brief)

Obverse Text: 伍 / 察哈爾興業銀行 / 伍 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍 / 憑票即付銀幣伍圓 / 伍 / 中華民國十六年印 / 財政部印刷局製

Description (Brief)

Reverse Image: English and Manchu script in flurish border.

Description (Brief)

Reverse Image: TSIHAR HSING YEH BANK / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE. / FIVE DOLLARS / 1st NOVEMBER 1927 / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING PEKING CHINA

Description (Brief)

General Information: Tsihar Hsing Yeh Bank, Specimen

[[Obverse Text]]

伍 / 察哈爾興業銀行 / 伍 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍 / 憑票即付銀幣伍圓 / 伍 / 中華民國十六年印 / 財政部印刷局製

[[Reverse Text]]

5 / TSIHAR HSING YEH BANK / 5 / PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / FIVE / FIVE DOLLARS / FIVE / 5 / 1ST NOVEMBER 1927 / 5 / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING PEKING CHINA

Date Made: 1927

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

Place Made: China: Beijing Shi, Beijing

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

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Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: NU.73.175.1280Catalog Number: 73.175.1280Accession Number: 310543

Object Name: note

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 8 5/16 in x 15.7 cm x .01 cm; 21.082 cm x 6 3/16 in x in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-b4f9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1876174

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