One (1) 10 yuan note
Bank of Communications, Shanghai, China, 1914
Obverse Image: Chinese text, denomination to the right and left, Port Customs House, Shanghai at center.
Obverse Text: [in four corners] 拾 拾 拾 拾 / [in four corners of the inner frame] 拾 拾 拾 拾 / SA905026N / SA905026N / 交通銀行 / 中華民國三年印 / 拾圓 拾圓 / 財政部核㝎 / 憑票即付中華民國國幣拾圓正 / 上海 / 上海 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner and to the sides, Ship at dockside beside steam train at center.
Reverse Text: 10 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 10 / NO. SA905026N / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. SA905026N / 10 / 10 / TEN YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 10 / SHANGHAI / 10 / OCTOBER 1st 1914 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK
[[Obverse Text]]
[[in four corners]] 拾 拾 拾 拾 / [[in four corners of the inner frame]] 拾 拾 拾 拾 / SA905026N / SA905026N / 交通銀行 / 中華民國三年印 / 拾圓 拾圓 / 財政部核㝎 / 憑票即付中華民國國幣拾圓正 / 上海 / 上海 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK
[[Reverse Text]]
[[in four corners]] 10 10 10 10 / NO. SA905026N / NO. SA905026N / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 10 / 10 / 10 TEN YUAN 10 / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF / THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / SHANGHAI / OCTOBER 1ST 1914. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK. / 75.14.42
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