300 Cash, Chin T'ai Company, Changsha, China, 1913

300 Cash, Chin T'ai Company, Changsha, China, 1913

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Description (Brief)
One (1) 300 cash note
Chin T'ai Company, Changsha, China, 1913
Obverse Image: Chinese text at center surrounded by two phoenix birds climbing up the sides and meeting at center, illustrated image of a man dressed in western clothes with a bicycle, meeting two men from a two to the right at top.
Obverse Text: 長沙 / 太古碼頭 / 金臺公司 / 自字第[]號 / 憑票發錢叁伯文整/[[overlaid text]]金臺公司 / 民國二年即月即日 金臺公司 票 / 合成壹串 撥兌外票 / 燃燈不兑 / 長沙南[[?]]街華新[[?]]印[[???]]
Reverse Image: Chinese text at top and at center, vignette at bottom of a city with a cross atop a building, vignette at top of a crane.
Reverse Text: 松鶴延齡 / 癸丑新秋添印 / 叄 / 長沙太古碼頭 / 叄 / 金臺公司 / 叁伯 / 叄 / 臺公司 / 張家[[?]]李宅未[[?]]太末八月十号 / 太古碼頭
Description
[[Obverse Text]]
長沙 / 太古碼頭 / 金臺公司 / 自字第[]號 / 憑票發錢叁伯文整/[[overlaid text]]金臺公司 / 民國二年即月即日 金臺公司 票 / 合成壹串 撥兌外票 / 燃燈不兑 / 長沙南[[?]]街華新[[?]]印[[???]]
[[Obverse Image]]
People with bike, people with children, patio with Republic of China flag
[[Reverse Text]]
松鶴延齡 / 癸丑新秋添印 / 叄 / 長沙太古碼頭 / 叄 / 金臺公司 / 叁伯 / 叄 / 臺公司 / 張家[[?]]李宅未[[?]]太末八月十号 / 太古碼頭
[[Reverse Image]]
Pine tree and crane. Houses with a church in he background.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
note
date made
1913
place made
China: Hunan, Changsha
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 20.3 cm x 9 cm x.01 cm; 8 in x 3 17/32 in x in
ID Number
NU.75.3.066
catalog number
75.3.066
accession number
320773
Credit Line
James C. Leigh
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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