One (1) dollar note, specimen
The Bank of Territorial Development, Shanghai, China, 1914
Obverse Image: Road Construction.
Obverse Text: 壹圓 / 壹圓 / S0006175 / S0006175 / 券換兑行銀邊殖 / 上海 / 1 / 1 / 上海 / 壹圓/年三國民華中 / 壹圓 / 製局刷印部政財 / [overlayed] SPECIMEN / 樣子
Reverse Image: Bank name at top, denomination at center.
Reverse Text: $1 / THE BANK OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT / $1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / $1 YI YUAN $1 / $1 / SHANGHAI / ONE DOLLAR / DEC 1st 1914 / $1 / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, PEKING CHINA.
[[Obverse Text]]
壹圓 / 壹圓 / 券換兑行銀邊殖 / 上海 / 1 / 1 / 上海 / 壹圓/年三國民華中 / 壹圓 / 製局刷印部政財 / [[overlayed]] SPECIMEN / 樣子
[[Transliteration]]
YI / YUAN / YI / YUAN / QUAN / HUAN / DUI / XING / YIN / BIAN / ZHI / SHANG / HAI / SHANG / HAI / YI / YUAN / NIAN / SAN / GUO / MIN / HUA / ZHONG / YI / YUAN / ZHI / JU / SHUA / YIN / BU / ZHENG / CAI [[overlayed]] / YANG / ZI
[[Reverse Text]]
$1 / THE BANK OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT / $1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / NO / NO / $1 / 壹圓 / $1 / KCHING / ACCT / HOU KU / MANAGER / $1 / SHANGHAI / ONE DOLLAR / DEC 1ST 1914 / $1 / 74.17.237
[[Transliteration]]
YI / YUAN
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