20 Coppers, Ch'ing P'ing Hsiang Hao, Shanghai, China, 1924
20 Coppers, Ch'ing P'ing Hsiang Hao, Shanghai, China, 1924
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 20 coppers note
- Ch'ing P'ing Hsiang Hao, Shanghai, China, 1924
- Obverse Image: Chinese text at center and top, vignette to the left of a pagoda and to the right of a group of people standing outside a building. Obverse Text: 貳 / No00958 / 慶平祥號 / No00958 / 貳 / 上海 / 憑票即兌執此為憑 / 當拾銅元 / 貳拾枚 / 民國十三年三月即日 / 上海 / 貳 / 貳
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, two cranes at center, denomination to the sides and in each corner.
- Reverse Text: 兌換處法租界喇格納路慶平坊弄口 / 奉告諸君 / 20 / 20 / 勿號正面 / 門牌一百七十三號 / 中華印書館印
- Description
- [[Obverse Text]]
- 貳 / No00958 / 慶平祥號 / No00958 / 貳 / 上海 / 憑票即兌執此為憑 / 當拾銅元 / 貳拾枚 / 民國十三年三月即日 / 上海 / 貳 / 貳
- [[Translation]]
- two / Qingpingxiang number / two / Shanghai / Use the ticket to exchange and consider it as the reference / exchange for ten copper dollars / twenty pieces / March the thirteenth year of the Republic of China / Shanghai / two / two
- [[Obverse Image]]
- The picture on the left of the front face is Yu Garden(豫園) in Shanghai.
- [[Reverse Text]]
- 兌換處法租界喇格納路慶平坊弄口 / 奉告諸君 / 20 / 20 / 勿號正面 / 門牌一百七十三號 / 中華印書館印
- [[Translation]]
- Exchange office at the entrance of Qingpingfang, Lagnar Road, French Concession / To everyone / 20 / 20 / Do not sign the front / House number 173 / Printed by the China Press
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- date made
- 1924
- place made
- China: Shanghai, Shanghai
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.2 cm x 17.36 cm x.01 cm; 3 5/8 in x 6 27/32 in x in
- ID Number
- NU.75.3.058
- catalog number
- 75.3.058
- accession number
- 320773
- serial number
- 00958
- Credit Line
- James C. Leigh
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Chinese Banknotes
- Chinese Paper Money
- NNC Chinese Bank Notes
- NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_06
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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