5 Yuan, Bank of Communications, Tsingtau, China, 1914
5 Yuan, Bank of Communications, Tsingtau, China, 1914
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 yuan note
- Bank of Communications, Tsingtau, China, 1914
- Obverse Image: Chinese text, denomination to the right and left, steam passenger train at center.
- Obverse Text: 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 伍 / C490877 / 交通銀行 / C490877 / 伍 / 中華民國三年印 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍 / 財政部核定 / 伍 / 伍 / 青島 / 青島 / 伍 / 憑票即付 / 中華民國 / 國幣伍圓正 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner and to the sides, post office at center.
- Reverse Text: 5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / NO. C490877 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. C490877 / 5 / 5 / FIVE YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 5 / TSINGTAU / 5 / OCTOBER 1st 1914 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK / SPECIMEN / SPECIMEN
- Description
- [[Obverse Text]]
- 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 伍 / C490877 / 交通銀行 / C490877 / 伍 / 中華民國三年印 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍 / 財政部核定 / 伍 / 伍 / 青島 / 青島 / 伍 / 憑票即付 / 中華民國 / 國幣伍圓正 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK
- [[Translation]]
- SPECIMEN / SPECIMEN / five / C490877 / Bank of Communications / C490877 / five / Printed in three years of the Republic of China / five yuan / five yuan / five yuan / five yuan / five / Approved by the Ministry of Finance / five / five / Qingdao / Qingdao / five / Use this (ticket) to pay / the Republic of China / national currency total five yuan
- [[Reverse Text]]
- 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. C490877 / NO. C490877 / 5 / 5 / FIVE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 5 / TSINGTAU / 5 / OCTOBER 1ST 1914. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / 71.348.564
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- date made
- 1914
- place made
- China: Shandong, Tsingtau
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.3 cm x 15.7 cm x.01 cm; 3 9/32 in x 6 3/16 in x in
- ID Number
- NU.71.348.0564
- catalog number
- 71.348.0564
- accession number
- 298051
- serial number
- C490877
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_08
- Chinese Banknotes
- Chinese Paper Money
- NNC Chinese Bank Notes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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