1 Dollar, The Bank of Territorial Development, Shanghai, China, 1914

Description (Brief):

One (1) dollar note, specimen

Description (Brief)

The Bank of Territorial Development, Shanghai, China, 1914

Description (Brief)

Obverse Image: Road Construction.

Description (Brief)

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

Description (Brief)

Reverse Image: Bank name at top, denomination at center.

Description (Brief)

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

Date Made: 1914delete

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

Place Made: China: Shanghai, Shanghai

See more items in: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection, Chinese Banknotes, Chinese Paper Money, NNC Chinese Bank Notes, NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_01

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: NU.74.17.237Accession Number: 315247Catalog Number: 74.17.237

Object Name: note

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 8.5 cm x 15.5 cm x .01 cm; 3 11/32 in x 6 3/32 in x in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-934e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1881920

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